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As Madison gears up for the biggest University of Wisconsin home football game in years, Badgers fans will be glad to learn that their team has taken care of one of its biggest on-field problems.

That’s right: The flipped letters on the Camp Randall Stadium turf have been fixed.

It was a subtle mistake, hard to spot for all but the most detail-obsessed viewers, but three of the four Ns in the letters spelling “WISCONSIN” in the north and south end zones were flipped. The incorrect letterring was on the field for two UW home games.

The letters’ serifs, the small lines that flare out from the ends of the characters, gave it away.

Uppercase Ns are supposed to have two serifs on the left side of the letter, at the top and bottom, and one at the top of the right side of the letter. Both Ns in the north end zone showed only one serif on the left side of the letter and two on the right, and the second N in the south end zone had the same mistake.

The letters were fixed about two weeks ago, according to Justin Doherty, senior associate athletic director. He said the error occurred when the letters were installed by FieldTurf, which made Camp Randall’s field.

A visit to the stadium on Monday confirmed the north end zone’s letters were oriented correctly. The south end zone was partially obscured by a television commercial being filmed on the field, but its incorrect N appeared to be fixed as well.

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