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The legend of Eisenhower’s Skinny 'S'
Russell McGorman
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June 2016
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Via Type Culture's Facebook page: Times'
Eisenhower's skinny 'S'
and the story of how they dealt with a longish name when it started showing up in headlines.
Interesting read.
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Richard Fink
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June 2016
+1 An interesting piece about an odd intersection of typography, type design, and American Presidential history.
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Chris Lozos
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June 2016
VERY cool!
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Nick Shinn
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June 2016
edited June 2016
And the Artist Formerly Known As Prince symbol never did make it into Unicode.
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