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‘Chatspeak’ as type

Posted in Play on 23 November 2005 | Comments?
Tags: design, fun, typography

Here’s an interesting exercise: what if ‘chatspeak’ has become part of mainstream English? How will we treat ‘chatspeak’ characters? See how these typography people did it.

WTF ligature, originally uploaded by ian.dexter.

LOL ligature, originally uploaded by ian.dexter.

[via Monkeybites]

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