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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Font purists claim Ikea as gone cheap

Interesting debate:

Design - Ikea Catalog’s Move to the Verdana Font Angers Fans of Futura - NYTimes.com

And it was for cost:

"We're surprised, but I think it's mainly experts who have expressed their views, people who are interested in fonts. I don't think the broad public is that interested.

Verdana is a simple, cost-effective font which works well in all media and languages."

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