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==[[Real Life|real life]]== |
==[[Real Life|real life]]== |
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* herbert bayer, from the famous german bauhaus school of design, banned the use of uppercase letters in school materials in 1925 ("we only use small characters because it saves time. moreover, why have 2 alphabets when one will do? why write capitals if we cannot speak capitals?"). the most iconic "bauhaus" typeform is based on his "[ |
* herbert bayer, from the famous german bauhaus school of design, banned the use of uppercase letters in school materials in 1925 ("we only use small characters because it saves time. moreover, why have 2 alphabets when one will do? why write capitals if we cannot speak capitals?"). the most iconic "bauhaus" typeform is based on his "[[wikipedia:Architype Bayer|universal]]" typeface. |
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* anyone whose typewriter or computer keyboard has <s>a broken shift key</s> two broken shift keys and a broken caps lock key. or anyone who just doesn't care about grammar. there are [[Grammar Nazi|people who don't look too kindly on that kind of behavior]], of course. |
* anyone whose typewriter or computer keyboard has <s>a broken shift key</s> two broken shift keys and a broken caps lock key. or anyone who just doesn't care about grammar. there are [[Grammar Nazi|people who don't look too kindly on that kind of behavior]], of course. |
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* social media researcher [http://www.zephoria.org/ danah boyd]'s name. |
* social media researcher [http://www.zephoria.org/ danah boyd]'s name. |
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