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vl1 :unity: (vl1@lethallava.land)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 20:27:18 JST vl1 :unity:

so twitter just updated it's logo and it's literally just someone's font
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1. A screenshot of Twitter's new logo which is looks like the letter X, with one of the lines being outlined
  https://media.wetdry.world/firefish/2e3e55c9-296b-46ab-9b0d-98c5f6fab1f6.png
2. A tweet that says: "hey @monotype how much would it cost to license this font exclusively for use in logos" with an attachment showing a font with the X being extremely similar to Twitter's new logo
  https://media.wetdry.world/firefish/25029a97-0de9-47d6-b860-232badfee22c.png
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  Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 20:30:36 JST Polychrome :blabcat:
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  @vl1 it can also be easily confused with a well known software logo that's bee around for 40 years.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System
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    X Window System
    
    The X Window System (X11, or simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on Unix-like operating systems. X provides the basic framework for a GUI environment: drawing and moving windows on the display device and interacting with a mouse and keyboard. X does not mandate the user interface – this is handled by individual programs. As such, the visual styling of X-based environments varies greatly; different programs may present radically different interfaces. X originated as part of Project Athena at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1984. The X protocol has been at version 11 (hence "X11") since September 1987. The X.Org Foundation leads the X project, with the current reference implementation, X.Org Server, available as free and open-source software under the MIT License and similar permissive licenses. Purpose and abilities X is an architecture-independent system for remote graphical user interfaces and input device capabilities. Each person using...
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