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October 17, 2004

10:14 PM

Grant Hutchinson

Founts, Blotches, and Other Fiddly Bits

So you think the volumnious corporate edifice known as Microsoft is lacking a sense of humor? You've obviously never stumbled upon a little late-90's nugget entitled: A Disagreeably Facetious Type Glossary. Do the mucky mucks in Redmond realize that this sort of frivolity exists right under their noses? I hope not. Via Snog Blog

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Did you know that Microsoft also offers a "Bookshelf Symbol 7 Font Removal Tool"? The font included a swastika symbol (or its Hindu equivalent, depending on how you look at it). Cue red faces at Redmond and the oblique admission... "This font has been found to contain unacceptable symbols."

The tool is here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=833404

And then I said …
Chris Hunter
  • Wednesday October 20, 2004 4:11 AM
  • Chris Hunter

And don't forget about all of those old conspiracy theories involving the Wingdings and Webdings symbol fonts. It's a constant stream of typographic entertainment out of that campus up in Redmond.

And then I said …
Grant Hutchinson

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