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Instagram’s New Logo Has a Legibility Problem

by rrollins, September 8, 2026

Instagram just redesigned its iconic wordmark—but there’s a problem: a surprising number of people think it says “Instagzam.” The controversy offers a perfect lesson in what happens when brand personality collides with one of design’s most basic rules: people still need to be able to read it.
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