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text-transform:continental
I have seen numerous instances in modern typography of the use of decorative letter accents, typically as a way of making otherwise boring Latin letter forms appear somewhat more interesting.
...hence Tantek makes an early proposal for CSS Level 4. Mötley Crüe, come on down!
See also: Umlauts Are Bad-Ass
Posted by Joe Clark | April 02, 2003 | LINK|
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aah Mötley Crüe... that makes me think of the 80's speed metal band Tröjan from the UK - who also thought diersis was cool.
This reminds me of the approach favored among the script-kiddie/instant messenger crowd wherein the ALT+4 characters are used extensively to add "edginess" to boring ol' typing. The "Continental" example is a clever international meta-reference, but it still makes me think of 12-year-old poseurs on AOL. Bryan | Apr 2, 2003 09:18 AM
Reminds me of a recent article at The Onion, http://www.onion.com, in which the USA officially puts umlauts on all its vowels to assume a "tougher" image. Paul Paul D | Apr 2, 2003 02:55 PM
Paul, my man! Go back to the article and read the fine print. Stephen | Apr 2, 2003 03:33 PM
Doh! Paul D | Apr 2, 2003 05:32 PM
Vince Neil just went down on me. Such a kind young man. Senatör Nell Sötö | Apr 4, 2003 04:09 PM |
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