Get Helvetica Off Our Money

post from Daring Fireball on 03 April 2008 08:22:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

When I commented on the ugly new U.S. five dollar bill the other day, several readers wrote in to argue that the bill should not be criticized, because some of the changes which have made it uglier were made for the benefit of people with low vision. That’s bullshit. Accessibility is an important and worthy goal, but it is not at odds with good design. We should settle for nothing than beautiful and accessible currency. This isn’t it.

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