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This is a historic edition of The Washington Post, especially given the importance and relative rarity of presidential impeachment. The conclusory headline, "Trump impeached," is underscored by relating this step to the next - the senate trial. It’s…

This is a page from Volume I of Gibbon's unabridged Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It's a dry book, and the type mirrors that. This version uses a typical, serifed font with notes in the margins, rather than as footnotes or in an appendix. The…

This is the front of a family size box of cinnamon Cheerios. The logo uses a generic serif font. "Family size" is advertised in all caps yellow block letters to draw attention to the largeness of the content quantity. "First ingredient" is written…

I bought this candle from World Market because of it's amazing scent, but also because the aesthetic of it's appearance. The word apothecary at the top indicates that it was curated by someone who understands herbology, toxicology, and natural…

This is a page from the Technician 100th anniversary book highlighting headlines in the newspaper’s history which make readers do a double take, either because they’re funny, intriguing or just exceptionally blunt. This is an interesting feature…

I received this book while attending a talk about mass incarceration. One of the groups that spoke was the Free Minds Book Club, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C. that hosts poetry writing workshops for incarcerated men. This book is an anthology of…

These two books, part of the Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions Series, are collected works of two of the most famous and influential horror writers in American history. These covers stand out in their representation of the authors' shared…

A receipt from a CVS trip last week. I'm always going in there for random things, in this case it was mascara and some facial razors.

I received this bag when I bought my textbooks from the NC State Bookstore. The front and back of the bag spell out the title "Wolfpack Outfitters" with the word "Outfitters" highlighted in red and designed with white letterings to emphasize the type…

This is a picture of a font designed for a musical organization called "Soots" (pronounced like "suits"). The organization is dedicated to the preservation of certain musical traditions of the South. The name is a kind of amalgamation of the words…