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The Typeset of Wall·E (2018)

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Re: The Typeset of Wall·E (2018)

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Post by mbo »

Terr_ wrote: post #30

> The interpunct is still in use today [...] decimal point [...] dot product [...] separate titles, names, and positions Some·times it is it al·so seen To cla·ri·fy the way That syl·la·bles and me·ter meet In things we say to·day Which ex·tends from hea·vy use In pla·ces not so mer·ry For proof of this phen·o·men·on Con·sult a dic·tion·ary

Curiously, the interpunct in the title of this article (Wall·E) can be control F searched with ("walle") but all of your usages cannot (try "sometimes" and "clarify")

Re: The Typeset of Wall·E (2018)

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Post by BrandoElFollito »

wccrawford wrote: post #76
ascorbic wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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)

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