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[INFOGRAPHIC]: Cards Against Typography

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[INFOGRAPHIC]: Cards Against Typography

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Typography bad habits crop up in design so often that it has offended me on a level that only an intense game of Cards Against Humanity has reached! An infographic about the type crimes you should avoid.

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Kathleen Burns

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