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      "name": "RMIT University",
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      "title": "Sans Forgetica: RMIT creates typeface designed to help students study - RMIT"
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      "url": "https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/sans-forgetica-a-typeface-to-remember/",
      "title": "Can \"Bad\" Type Design Help Readers Absorb and Remember Information? - AIGA Eye on Design"
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