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by dtagames 714 days ago
The article's title really downplays how much terrific cultural analysis there is here. This write-up has great depth, not only on typography but also architecture, art styles, film, and music! Many links and reference images, too.

A worthwhile read that I thoroughly enjoyed.

1 comments

The title of the submission makes no sense either, and doesn't match the source. "Typeset" is a verb, and is used here as a pun on "set in the future". It doesn't mean "typeface" or "typography".
I'm afraid this is probably another word that will get accepted with new uses. I didn't actually know it was only a verb and the title made perfect sense in my head. I imagine that's true for most people who read it.
For non native English speakers it means "the font used in Wall-E".

I was quite surprised by the first comment because I did not expect that a font was so emotional (especially that I do not remember any particular fonts in the movie)