Typographic superheroes

July 23, 2012

Topic

Miscellaneous / heros, typography

Designer Matthew Olin unmasked the characters behind the typeface characters for his MFA thesis. Others include sans serif as Batman, slab serif as the Hulk, and handwriting as the Flash.

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Ben Johnson — July 24, 2012 at 11:20 am

So, who gets the misfortune of being equated with Comic Sans?

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