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In this case, it's not typography - it's the closet thing they can get to graphic design using ASCII in one line and still being dignified. If instead of a col
by aneth 16y ago
In this case, it's not typography - it's the closet thing they can get to graphic design using ASCII in one line and still being dignified. If instead of a colon it was a pretty little fig leaf we'd all feel more pedantically satisfied. Unfortunately, that's not possible in titles - so they use a colon.
Regardless, I'm guessing the editor of the New Yorker has been to their website. Her approval defines what it is that the New Yorker does, and what it is known for. Sniping at such an organization previously known for pedantry is a bit presumptuous.
- chronomex 16y agoUnicode is full of dingbats, most of which display properly in all modern software: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/block/dingbats/utf8test.htm http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/block/dingbats/utf8t...
- aneth 16y agoFair enough. If they used them though, they might get sniped at for not sticking to web conventions. There's no cover from snipers on the internet. There might be reasons not to as well - I imagine they break some bookmark tools, etc.