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Signifficient Type

The Curse of the New

In Illustrator, mathematical calculations are only accurate to a certain number of significant digits, which for all intents and purposes is sufficient. When that limit is exceeded, Illustrator needs to round numbers to the nearest decimal. By scaling type outlines down so small that we exploit this limitation, distortion of shapes occurs.

Original Brush Script
Signifficient Brush Script
Original Cochin
Signifficient Cochin
Original Cooper Black
Signifficient Cooper Black
Original Courier
Signifficient Courier
Original Helvetica
Signifficient Helvetica
Original Hobo
Signifficient Hobo
Original Snell Roundhand
Signifficient Snell Roundhand
Original Wingdings
Signifficient Wingdings

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