{"id":3280,"date":"2009-01-20T07:07:31","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T12:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3280"},"modified":"2009-01-20T07:07:31","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T12:07:31","slug":"lost-in-the-supermarket-whiter-teeth-chicago-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/lost-in-the-supermarket-whiter-teeth-chicago-style","title":{"rendered":"Lost in the Supermarket: Whiter Teeth . . . Chicago-Style!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I always find it sad\/funny when companies suffer font blowouts on their marketing materials. It’s a shame\/riot to see a print ad with super-high-end photography and a tagline that renders in Courier<\/a>. So my attention was caught by the packaging for something called “U SMILE”, an “advanced tooth whitening system” that employs Chicago<\/a>, a Mac font that hasn’t been seen in the wild since around 1997:<\/p>\n

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Given the fact that I can’t find a website for this product, I’m inclined to think that it actually does<\/em> date back to the days of that font.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I always find it sad\/funny when companies suffer font blowouts on their marketing materials. It’s a shame\/riot to see a print ad with super-high-end photography and a tagline that renders in Courier. So my attention was caught by the packaging for something called “U SMILE”, an “advanced tooth whitening system” that employs Chicago, a Mac … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Lost in the Supermarket: Whiter Teeth . . . 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