‘There will be Helvetica to pay’ after CNN typo

By NewscastStudio October 13, 2014

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Several sharp-eyed CNN viewers noticed an interesting typo on a CNN lower third regarding ISIS — a missing letter “R” that changed the word “front” to “font.”

Of course, the inevitable font jokes quickly followed.

Twitter user @shawnjvandiver tweeted: #ISIS has declared war on comic sans and calibri” as well as these gems:

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