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The changing typography of the Web

LA Times’ Deborah Netburn:

In other words, a seventh-grader writing a book report on Microsoft Word had more font choices than the person designing Esquire Magazine’s website or the IKEA online catalog. But now that is about to change.

No shit.

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Rick Walter

May 10 2010 @ 06:48pm #

Geez, your getting cynical in your old age!
If the article had been published on Wired! or some other techy site, your cynicism would be justified. You should be applauding the the LA Times for publishing the article that explains, to the 99.99999% of the population that aren’t web designers, how the web will be changing.

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