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I went into a font rabbit hole and emerged with a quiz

Vincent Connare created Man in Business Suit Levitating for the Webdings font.

Despite officially becoming an emoji two years prior, rumours spread in 2016 that WhatsApp was honouring a South Indian actor with the emoji resembling his iconic look in a much-anticipated, then-upcoming movie.

Another Connare font, named after a medieval war device, aimed to "launch words across the Internet".

Yet another Connare font, often used in schools, was combined with a similarly much-reviled font having "timeless rustic qualities from centuries past" in a parody typeface that would "make you laugh (like a joke) and cry (like a mummy)."

The latter typeface is used in a big-budget movie franchise's subtitles.

In an SNL sketch, Ryan Gosling discovers that, despite the sequel's massive delays and budget, they'd merely bolded the font.

Name one actor, two movies, and three fonts.


Footnote 1: The post above was 139 words long. There are 139 days left in the year.

Footnote 2: For answers, go here.

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