Save the Semicolon

Kottke.org points us to the front page of the print edition of The Independent. As he says, you could list the countries in much less space. But this image sure leaves an impression. Note that I’m not talking about politics in this post. Just about a striking way to present information.

Apparently reported by Eric Chaikin on the National Puzzlers’ League mailing list (but I found it in Salon.com’s “Table Talk”): In the February 17th, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly, a blurb on p. 22 about director Werner Herzog contains the sentence: “Then on Jan. 26, Her[zog happened by Joaquin Phoenix's car wreck and pulled the [...]