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The tops of p, q, n and g all taper into what marketing materials call “slight chamfered spurs” to create more white space.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2020

As Alexandra Lange has written about in these pages, Jony Ive, of Apple, a self-proclaimed adept of Rams, lovingly crafts smooth, chamfered edges for his company’s world-conquering products.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2019

This self-consciously “iconic” object, useful for fundraising perhaps, began to look increasingly shallow as the surroundings evolved into an area of chamfered glass towers.

From The Guardian • May 23, 2016

More recently, we've gotten used to phones with elegant chamfered edges and expansive black panes of shatterproof glass, but the Classic isn't about smooth lines or spartan aesthetics.

From The Verge • Dec. 23, 2014

The earliest windows of this period are long and narrow, with acutely pointed heads, the exterior angle being merely chamfered and the interior widely splayed.

From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Heath, Sidney