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Near-black slide with a large white serif pull-quote anchored low and a spaced all-caps "Financial Times" attribution, framed by hairline rules.
Summary
A near-black slide with a large white serif pull-quote anchored in the lower half and a spaced all-caps "Financial Times" attribution beneath, framed only by hairline rules.
Visual description
Near-black background (around #0A0A0A) with white type. Only the report line appears in the top-right header on a thin rule. The lower half holds a four-line oversized white serif quote in guillemets, "Not bad for a company that started out with EUR14,000 of self-funding, a EUR15,000 bank loan and one sneaker silhouette.", with euro symbols in the original. Beneath it, the attribution "FINANCIAL TIMES" is set in widely spaced all-caps. A hairline rule closes the bottom. The upper half is left empty black.
Key takeaway
Inverting to a dark ground for a single authoritative third-party quote makes it feel weighty and editorial. Anchoring the type to the bottom with a large empty field above it gives the line room to land. The spaced all-caps masthead attribution borrows the source's credibility.
Reuse notes
Use for a high-credibility external quote or press pull near the end of a deck, where the dark slide signals a shift in register. Reusable as a dark quote template; swap the line and the source. Keep the upper space empty for impact; do not fill it.
