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Typesetting ‘Illinois’

Posted by Heidi on June 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Unfortunately for everyone who lives in the oblong state, “Illinois” is a rather difficult word to set in type. It’s tall and narrow in the first half, and short and wide in the last half. Are there any fonts out there which handle this name well?

Case in point, captured today:

headline on MSNBC

Tags: Design · In the News

1 response so far ↓

  • 1 Heidi // Jun 10, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    P.S. MSNBC updated the headline within the hour to simply say “Levees break as floods worsen.”

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