http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/06/dolla_dolla_bill_mickey_ds_and_more.html Mon, 20 May 2013 08:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/06/dolla_dolla_bill_mickey_ds_and_more.html#comment-8390 William Overington Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:56:17 +0000 http://blogs.adobe.com/jnackdev/2008/06/dolla-dolla-bill-mickey-ds-and-more.html#comment-8390 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

]]> http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/06/dolla_dolla_bill_mickey_ds_and_more.html#comment-8389 Doug Nelson Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:50:55 +0000 http://blogs.adobe.com/jnackdev/2008/06/dolla-dolla-bill-mickey-ds-and-more.html#comment-8389 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.

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