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Apr.08.10

What the iPad is Missing (No, it’s not a Camera)

The possibilities for reviving the magazine and newspaper industries are exciting and real. Yet it’s exactly that part of media consumption, reading, that reveals what’s missing on the iPad: good typography.

News | Stephen Coles

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Fonts in Use Specimens are nice, but we love to catch a typeface in the wild, where it can truly show how it performs in the real world.

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