Have you seen the new five dollar bill? If not have a look. I am happy to see new and exciting colors and bigger faces on American currency. I think it is great to have something more aesthetically pleasing in my back pocket. I dare say, the old greenback was not known for its looks. However, as much as I am pro-redesign, there is one thing that I think does not work with this new bill:

The big red five. That sucker is huge, twice the size of all the other 5's on the bill. It fills up nearly half of the available vertical space. And it is Helvetica, as if it needs to be any more omnipresent than it already is.

When I think of American money, I do not think Helvetica. I think of that curvaceous script font used for the other numbers. I would be happier if they tripled the size of one of the other 5's. What about something more like this:

Now doesn't that look better? Color it some bright color, and it would be good to go. I hope that the next redesign does not fall into to the helvetica trap. Fortunately, there are no san-serifs in the one dollar bill.

That's my two cents.