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Maybe so, but please don't post unsubstantive comments here. What would make a comment like this interesting is specific information about what is bad in the diff and why. (That, plus maybe a bit less name-calling.)

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Edit: no, you guys are right, I totally didn't get the joke.

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I think you got swooshed, a bit. The GP was almost certainly making a pun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif#Grotesque

I thought so too but dang's post history shows knowledge of type. Maybe dang is saying that calling this a grotesque font is name calling and poster should post more on why it is one.

It's not name calling. It's a typeface nerd joke.

He specifically says "what is bad" -- he simply didn't get the joke. No need to prance to defense of the mods when they miss something.

Ok what do I need to know to get this joke?

Grotesque in the context of typography is a category of sans serif typefaces, specifically the one from which typefaces like Helvetica descend (they are usually called neo-grotesque). So the GP joke is based on a double meaning: on a first read it may seem an insult, but typographically he is just stating a quite obvious thing: that Helvetica Now is a grotesque typeface.

The alternate name for Helvetica is "Neue Haas Grotesk".

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