Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists
That’s the problem with loving typography. It’s like having a heightened sense of smell. You spend much more of your time wincing at noxious stinks, than reveling in delightful aromas. Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie - via New York Times (Most Emailed)
I'm happy to know that others suffer the same pangs I do when I see the Times put periods in acronyms. Or pass a store with a sign advertising "DVD's." Cringe at the ever-present warnings about mentally impaired children playing on residential streets. Howl at the constant failures in emails and online posts to differentiate between "it's" and "its," "their" and "they're," "your" and "you're," and countless other butcheries of my mother tongue too numerous to name. It truly does my obsessive heart good.