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		normloman on Sept 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mozilla's New Fira Typeface Feel free to skip this movie. It's mostly old white dudes gushing about how great helvetica is.

alayne on Sept 25, 2013 [–]

The "old white dudes" of course being many of the top type designers in the world including Hermann Zapf who dislikes Helvetica, Spiekermann, and many others.

normloman on Sept 27, 2013 | [–]

Doesn't matter how famous the designers are. It's still just a typeface. And the people in the movie are getting worked up over it.

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