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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBeschloss tweet; JFK chose font for "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" on fuselage of Air Force One...
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Michael Beschloss ✔ @BeschlossDC
JFK chose font for UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on fuselage of Air Force One because it resembled font of early printed version of Declaration of Independence:
12:04 PM - Jun 14, 2019
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Beschloss tweet; JFK chose font for "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" on fuselage of Air Force One... (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Jun 2019
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)1. Trump will probably choose Comic Sans.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)2. IN GOLD! n/t
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)3. Prefaced by
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)4. How am I supposed to unsee that?
Thanks a lot.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)5. Lol...
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)7. On mudflaps every where!
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)8. If Peter Buck slaps that on his Rick 360, I'm done listening to REM
progressoid
(49,991 posts)12. Oh sweet baby jesus.
That's gonna haunt me for a while.
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)13. Boy howdy.
Nailed it!!
BannonsLiver
(16,396 posts)15. Or....
Соединенные Штаты Америки
Karadeniz
(22,537 posts)6. Never knew that, but it was a good idea!
csziggy
(34,136 posts)9. Can we get Trump to sit in the cockpit and stick his head out the window of this plane?
Just like he did with the fire engine?
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)11. I'm sure it can be photoshopped
csziggy
(34,136 posts)14. If I were not photoshopped out from another project, I would try it!
Oh, well...
BannonsLiver
(16,396 posts)16. At what altitude?
csziggy
(34,136 posts)17. Oh! Good question!
I vote for about 50,000 feet or better...
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)10. Look to the font they chose for the menu when they served the Queen.
Elaborate, ugly, pretentious.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)18. The entire meal was pure Trump.