Comments on: Frustro, the impossible typeface http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/frustro-the-impossible-typefa.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 18:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Noah Haskell Silbert http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/frustro-the-impossible-typefa.html#comment-1388976 Noah Haskell Silbert Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153078#comment-1388976 M, T, U, V, W, Y are disappointingly possible. And don't even get me started about I. M, T, U, V, W, Y are disappointingly possible. And don’t even get me started about I.

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/frustro-the-impossible-typefa.html#comment-1388384 Lemoutan Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153078#comment-1388384 Shh. Quiet everyone. Don't make a sound or you might alarm it. I plan to use it for text in 3d software. Then send the model to a 3d printer. It won't be able to escape. Finally, <em>finally</em> we'll catch it. Shh. Quiet everyone. Don’t make a sound or you might alarm it. I plan to use it for text in 3d software. Then send the model to a 3d printer. It won’t be able to escape. Finally, finally we’ll catch it.

]]> By: MonkeyBoy http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/frustro-the-impossible-typefa.html#comment-1388137 MonkeyBoy Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153078#comment-1388137 This illusion was popularized by Mad Magazine back in the 60s or 70s under a name something like "poyup". If I knew you to spell it I could probably google it. EDIT: Ah, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blivet" rel="nofollow">found it</a> - known as blivet, poiuyt, devil's fork or widget. "It appeared on the March 1965 cover [1] of Mad magazine, where it was dubbed the "Three-Pronged Poiuyt" " http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Poiuyt.svg This illusion was popularized by Mad Magazine back in the 60s or 70s under a name something like “poyup”. If I knew you to spell it I could probably google it.

EDIT: Ah, found it – known as blivet, poiuyt, devil’s fork or widget. “It appeared on the March 1965 cover [1] of Mad magazine, where it was dubbed the “Three-Pronged Poiuyt” ”

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Poiuyt.svg

]]> By: Kevin Pierce http://boingboing.net/2012/04/05/frustro-the-impossible-typefa.html#comment-1388088 Kevin Pierce Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153078#comment-1388088 Use this when communicating with the BORG. Use this when communicating with the BORG.

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