Observations on Design and Illustration
/Design Pet Peeve #2: Sales Receipts. In the USA there is a standard chart-style label mandated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for inclusion on most food packages. Similar charts are required or recommended in many other countries including Australia, New Zealand, India, Mexico, Canada, and the European Union. In the USA, it’s a small black and white list titled “Nutrition Facts. Are you familiar with it? The label was controversial at the time the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required it in 1994, but has since gone on to be considered one of the finest single design breakthroughs in the history of graphic design. Why? Because each label has more-or-less the same look, layout, size, shape, content, and placement no matter what product it explains.
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