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See also [[Read the Fine Print]].
See also [[Read the Fine Print]].
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* There are many commercials where the disclaimer text will be 1 point font, low contrast, up for all of three seconds (as the narrator says 'terms and conditions may apply'), but covering literally almost 1/3 to 1/2 of the entire television screen as colorful and distracting images zoom by on top of it.
* There are many commercials where the disclaimer text will be 1 point font, low contrast, up for all of three seconds (as the narrator says 'terms and conditions may apply'), but covering literally almost 1/3 to 1/2 of the entire television screen as colorful and distracting images zoom by on top of it.
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** Most state bar associations require these commercials to disclaim whether or not they use real lawyers or actors in their commercials.
** Most state bar associations require these commercials to disclaim whether or not they use real lawyers or actors in their commercials.
** One humorous billboard says in fine print that the lawyer is not licensed to practice law in the state.
** One humorous billboard says in fine print that the lawyer is not licensed to practice law in the state.
* In the small print of a debt contract in the first ''[[Red Dwarf (Literature)|Red Dwarf]]'' book, the clause stating the daily interest rate of eight hundred percent is hidden in a ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tittle tittle]'' over the "i" in the name of the [[All Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks]].
* In the small print of a debt contract in the first ''[[Red Dwarf (Literature)|Red Dwarf]]'' book, the clause stating the daily interest rate of eight hundred percent is hidden in a ''[[wikipedia:Tittle|tittle]]'' over the "i" in the name of the [[All Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks]].
* There used to be an ad that pushed "no fine print." While they said that there was fine print on the screen that basically said "This is fine print, this is what we don't have" stretched out to fill half the screen at 1 point font.
* There used to be an ad that pushed "no fine print." While they said that there was fine print on the screen that basically said "This is fine print, this is what we don't have" stretched out to fill half the screen at 1 point font.
** What a sly way to sneak that disclaimer in.
** What a sly way to sneak that disclaimer in.