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| Category | Script (typefaces) |
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| Designer(s) | Ben Doessel and James Lee |
| Date released | September 2019 |
Ugly Gerry is a font whose characters consist of shapes of United States congressional districts, its intention being to protest gerrymandering.[1][2][3][4] It was created by Ben Doessel and James Lee through the Leo Burnett Agency for RepresentUs.[5][6]
- ^ Epstein, Kayla (2019-08-03). "How do you spell 'gerrymandering is bad?' With a font made out of preposterous districts". Washington Post.
- ^ Panetta, Grace (2019-08-02). "There's a new downloadable font inspired by gerrymandered congressional districts". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ "Ugly Gerry Font". Fonts Arena. 2 August 2019.
- ^ Beschizza, Rob (2019-08-01). "Ugly Gerry, a font based on gerrymandered districts". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ Campbell-Dollaghan, Kelsey (2019-08-02). "The world's most revolting font is made out of gerrymandered voting districts". Fast Company. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "2020 ADC Awards - Typography: Ugly Gerry". The One Club for Creativity.