MISTER YUCK

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Mon Jan 28 2002 - 05:36:06 EST


At 21:53 -0800 2002-01-27, someone wrote:

> > MISTER YUCK, actually, should be added to Unicode. Isn't it used on
>> some poisonous cleaning products to warn children?
>
>Mister Yuck is a logo. It always appears big, green, and NOT in running text.

And the skull and crossbones does? If it's a logo, it represents some
organization, right? But doesn't MISTER YUCK *mean* something, i.e.,
isn't it a symbol? "Don't eat, this tastes bad, this is poisonous",
etc.

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Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com



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