A few elections ago, the New York Times used a font of state glyphs to display icons in its real-time election results.† If you didn't have that font, you coul

A few elections ago, the New York Times used a font of state glyphs to display icons in its real-time election results.† If you didn't have that font, you couldn't figure out the election results without clicking through to each state's page to see the results. † It's quite nice. If memory serves me correctly, the Times even open-sourced it.