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[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 16 points 1 week 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€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The future of literature

[โ€“] mobotsar@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[โ€“] j4k3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

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

[โ€“] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week 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€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

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