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Google Fonts has a font called "Manufacturing Consent" (quokk.au)

submitted 2 weeks ago by PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I mean it's clearly just a little joke (quite a good one IMO) based on the fact that it's a US-Constitution-like font.

The only question is whether the person who signed off on making this live was in on the joke. I suspect not, I think they probably thought "oh that's a weird name for a font."

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

My first thought was NYT font actually, it made me laugh quite a bit. I think the Chomsky reference is real.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 8 points 2 weeks ago

Oh.... holy shit. I think you're right. That's a much better joke.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To me it looks like the font for a Nazi-era newspaper headline.

Weird they all look the same, right?

[–] Penguin_1024 10 points 2 weeks ago

You're probably thinking of Blackletter, which was quite common in Germany.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackletter