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		nextos on Dec 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making the Gov.uk front end typography scale more ... British typography has a long tradition. As a foreigner, I always found public signs very pleasant and easy to read. Gill Sans, which has a really nice modernist aesthetics, was developed for London Underground: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_Sans

bearmode on Dec 15, 2022 [–]

Shame about the dog-fucking but yeah Eric Gill was a genius at design.

extasia on Dec 15, 2022 | [–]

You're gonna let the daughter-fucking slide but not the dog-fucking?..

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