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Robert Pearlman
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Futura is familiar. But its journey from avant-garde German type to hipster favorite is unusual — and it includes Nazis and the moon.

mmmoo
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posted 02-27-2017 04:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mmmoo   Click Here to Email mmmoo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I didn't know this story about the font, but Futura happens to be the font of the moonpans logo

mode1charlie
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posted 02-27-2017 04:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mode1charlie   Click Here to Email mode1charlie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Interesting. Thanks for posting this, Robert.

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