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In this charming talk, the man behind typefaces such as Verdana, Georgia and Bell Centennial (designed just for phone books \u2014 remember them?), takes us on a spin through a career focused on the very last pixel of each letter of a font.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pick up a book, magazine or screen, and more than likely you&#8217;ll come across some typography designed by Matthew Carter. 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