Typophile

How my friends found out about my acceptance to college

Thomas Levine

I shall arrogantly tell you how my friends found out about my acceptance to college.

I posted this as my Facebook status:

Thomas Levine is appalled at Cornell University’s use of Arial in the “Congratulations” banner.

Then I posted this image with the following comment.

I think they normally use Frutiger everywhere else. Why did they have to use Arial here? If they have Frutiger, they must also have Helvetica.

That really was the first thing I noticed after I realized that I had been accepted.

That’s the best an

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