Graphic designer Ben Terrett's favorite measurement is the distance from the earth to the moon and back. He wondered how many uses of the typeface Helvetica would fit in that distance:
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Previously: Helvetica Film
The distance to the moon is 385,000,000,000 mm.
The size of an unkerned piece of normal cut Helvetica at 100pt is 136.23 mm.
Therefore it would take 2,826,206,643.42 helveticas to get to the moon.
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Previously: Helvetica Film
Why not just use 1.09x10^12-point Helvetica, then one "I" will get you there.