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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The fall of bespoke letter commissions was a disaster for the human race ๐Ÿ˜”

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

~~The fall of bespoke letter commissions was a disaster for the human race~~ I wish I had an illuminated letter P that was made of a Jesus with a pug face, holding a pug with a Jesus face ๐Ÿ˜”

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

The future of literature

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Oh, companies still commission letters, they're just mostly slight modifications of some semibold neo-grotesque.

[โ€“] swab148 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is the "E" there even necessary? That looks like musical notation, maybe it's signifying the key? Now I wanna see the whole thing

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Apparently, from a quick reverse search, this guy added these grotesk letters to his music manuscripts.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Customer: And the topless two handed holding of right fin?