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title: The Working Man's Typeface
category: Raves
layout: post
author: Josh Dady
tags:
- Colbert Report
- Comedy Central
- Typography
---

<p>From Monday's <a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/home">Colbert Report</a>. You've got to be really secure in your audience to make a typography joke:</p>

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