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Technology
Joseph Foley

What on Earth is Nike doing with its wild new branding?

Nike Just Do it with changing D typography

'Just Do it' is one of the best-known brand taglines around. It's been serving Nike since 1988, and it's just as recognisable as its swoosh logo, one of the most famous textless logos. Many would say it didn't need any other intervention, which has left people perplexed as to why Nike appears to have jumped on a recent typography trend.

People have been commenting on social media to ask why the brand placed a couple of apparently random gothic Blackadder-style letters on a post featuring Spanish tennis star and current men's singles number one Carlos Alcaraz. But it's not the one advert. Nike has been changing up the 'D' in several recent adverts.

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