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[–] 60 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Wait Switzerland is named after a font?

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  • [–] 33 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    The font was named after the country. It was designed in 1957 in Münchenstein near Basel, Switzerland.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The reason is to avoid favoring any one of the four official languages by deriving the code from a neutral, fifth language.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    And that's why I call it Chwitzerland

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    Home of the dreaded Helvetica Scenario.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I get it. They squatted .ch so China had to go with .cn

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    This is also why their currency is abbreviated CHF.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Crazy the Romans named it after a font.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Fucking Latin and their over sized naming conventions.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    OpenSans ftw. It's basically like Helvetica, but copyleft

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    I thought it was because in Switzerland they spell it Schwitzerland

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