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Hi Luke, Talking of

sii — Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:03:48 -0800

Hi Luke,

Talking of newspapers do you have any thoughts on Ben Preston’s departure from The Times...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/04/thetimes.newsinternational -

was the font/redesign seen as a success, or did they balls it up?

snooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

dux — Thu, 7 Feb 2008 04:52:27 -0800

snoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooore

pedants and sesquipeds.

Yes, William got it! I meant

aszszelp — Thu, 7 Feb 2008 02:09:25 -0800

Yes, William got it! I meant the old-style figure next to WW... For all caps abbrevs please do use lining figures! (I see that on the web authors don’t have control over the font choice, even less so on glyph choice, but then, for god’s sake, use roman numeral II, as it _is_ commonplace for WW II.

Soros is a person, not a

JCSalomon — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:16:04 -0800

Soros is a person, not a financial crisis.

I’ve spoken to those who would disagree with you there... ;)
—Joel

Soros is a person, not a

Spire — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:24:32 -0800

Soros is a person, not a financial crisis.

This would have made more sense:

Worst financial crisis since WW2 —Soros

The lack of ligature in

pattyfab — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:17:53 -0800

The lack of ligature in financial?

Maybe it is just you.

:-D

Ricardo Cordoba — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:57:18 -0800

:-D

I guess that you are

William Berkson — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:14:26 -0800

I guess that you are referring to the 2 as old style figure with the WW caps—at least if it reads in Georgia, as on my machine. The usual way is to refer to WW II, which I guess avoids the problem, as would a lining figure.

Something tells me that this is not the biggest of people’s worries about that headline :)

Actually, I meant it

aszszelp — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:56:24 -0800

Actually, I meant it typographically :-)

So? (Or is it just me?)

Don’t cry for me, America.

Ricardo Cordoba — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:10:33 -0800

Don’t cry for me, America.

What's wrong with this title?

aszszelp — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:50:50 -0800

Worst financial crisis...

Typophile - What's wrong with this title? - Comments

Hi Luke, Talking of

snooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Yes, William got it! I meant

Soros is a person, not a

Soros is a person, not a

The lack of ligature in

:-D

I guess that you are

Actually, I meant it

See also... The R-word index

Don’t cry for me, America.

What's wrong with this title?