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My take on the mainstream media, especially the newspaper biz. As a former long-term Dallas Metroplex resident, this is often focused on the sometimes good, and the often not-so-good (compared either to what it could be or what it used to be) of A.H. Belo's primary publication, The Dallas Morning News.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Why we don't use Comic Sans in newspapers

A great blog about a great font.

Posted by Gadfly at 2:57 AM | Links to this post
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