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June 11, 2008
Dolla Dolla Bill, Mickey D's, and more
- "Change We Can Believe In": the typography.com guys compare the new currency designs of the UK & US. (Honestly, the giant purple Helvetica "5" is a prank... right?) [Via]
- Vintage:
- BibliOdyssey offers up a collection of knight attire.
- Frank Chimero inserted a historic map of Europe, personifying the various countries, into his set.
- Packaging:
- I really dig the skin of this Victorian-styled Mac Mini. (Wish I could find a higher-res shot of it, though.) [Via]
- Check out the great DVD packaging for Mad Men.
- The Smithsonian features an article about and small gallery of Afghan war rugs, featuring scenes of 9/11 and more. [Via]
- McDonald's channels David Carson*? [Via] (Company spokesman R. McDonald responds with a violent outburst.)
*or "David Car-five-n," as an art director of mine used to call him due to his once-unorthodox method of substituting characters, e.g. "5" for "s"
Comments
Mentioning David Carson gives me flashbacks of of going to school in the early 90s. I'd paste some random stuff together in Pagemaker, say Carson was my major influence, and the professors applauded and gave me my degree.
I didn't even find out who he actually was until later.
You wrote "(Honestly, the giant purple Helvetica "5" is a prank... right?)".
No, it is not.
I found the following web page.
http://www.moneyfactory.gov/newmoney/main.cfm/currency/new5
About half-way down the page is the following.
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Low-Vision Feature: The large, easy-to-read number "5" in the lower right corner on the back of the bill, which helps those with visual impairments distinguish the denomination, is now enlarged in the new $5 bill design and printed in high-contrast purple ink.
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William Overington
12 June 2008