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Friday, August 7, 2009

Font of the Week: Chinese Restaurant Font

I'd like to know the history of the font...

Chinoiseries!
http://www.fontmenu.com/site/_Chinoiseries.html

Dictionary.com definition
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chinoiseries

1 comment:

chibi said...

I think this will give you the answer you are looking for:
http://www.fortunecookiechronicles.com/blog/2008/10/14/print-magazine-the-history-of-a-racist-font/

To view Mandarin font:
http://www.ascendercorp.com/font/mandarind/