25 Things You Didn't Know About The Shawshank Redemption

3. There's A Curious Font-Related Factual Error

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Even the most studiously assembled period movies generally can't release without an historical factual mistake, and despite its brilliance, Shawshank is surely no exception.

But it's an hilariously mundane error which has nevertheless been soundly missed by 99.999% of viewers. The foible refers to the font used on the stamp for Red's parole hearings.

The first time we see the stamp is in 1947, with the stamp bearing the Helvetica font...except Helvetica (or as it was originally named, Neue Haas Grotesk) wasn't invented until a decade later in 1957. Absolutely shambolic.

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