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science-of-noise:

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allthingslinguistic:

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feitclub:

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It\u2019s a katakana font (named \u201c\u30b4\u30a6\u30e9\u201d) designed to look like Olde English fancy print

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This must be the Japanese equivalent of that \u201casian\u201d font you see on Chinese takeout boxes

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(via a friend-of-a-friend on Facebook. hat-tip to artofemilyo)

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The comments on the Language Log post about Gothic katakana\u00a0are also interesting, including a link to The Structures of Letters and Symbols throughout Human History Are Selected to Match Those Found in Objects in Natural Scenes.\u00a0

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I tried to read the image before reading the caption and now my eyes are twitching.

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