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I am a graduate of Columbia University ('07) and a current student at the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). I am studying Product Design and also working towards my MBA.

In my free time, I provide web design, branding, and photography services.

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Avatar and Papyrus

papyrusEver since taking classes in communication design, I am much more aware of the fonts that people use. So I was quite surprised today to see that the blockbuster hit Avatar—which had a $500 million budget—uses a free font for the subtitles that is included on just about modern computer, Papyrus, which is only a tiny step below Comic Sans in the world of most despised fonts. Here is a blog entry from Papyrus Watch, a blog that really hates Papyrus. You’d think with a budget this size, they could come up designed something a little classier… it was really, really jarring.

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