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Know Your Toes (and other things to know)

Contributed by Stephen Coles on Nov 5th, 2013. Artwork published in
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    Image via Norman Pelletier. License: All Rights Reserved.

    Rubens is in a genre of typefaces commonly used for macabre content, but, as image contributor Nolan Pelletier notes, the combination of Rubens with Century Expanded and Cooperplate Gothic “saves it from spookiness”.

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    Source: http://www.rookno17.com Image via Rook No. 17. License: All Rights Reserved.
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    Source: http://www.rookno17.com Image via Rook No. 17. License: All Rights Reserved.
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    Source: http://www.rookno17.com Image via Rook No. 17. License: All Rights Reserved.
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    Source: http://www.rookno17.com Image via Rook No. 17. License: All Rights Reserved.
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    Source: http://www.rookno17.com Image via Rook No. 17. License: All Rights Reserved.

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    • Rubens
    • Century Expanded
    • Copperplate Gothic

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    2 Comments on “Know Your Toes (and other things to know)”

    1. Roger Waters says:
      Nov 5th, 2013  3:56 pm

      Beautiful. Where is the like facebook button?

    2. Florian Hardwig says:
      Nov 5th, 2013  6:21 pm

      We have our own “Like” button. It is visible after you have signed in into your FIU account. You’ll find the button at the top, just below the headline.

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