Fonts that you love and hate: Typographical discussion.

[Casio]

Oh yeah back in the dark ages, man, that takes me back. Good times, good times...apart from that nasty plague and all.

 

[Duke]

Yep, it happened back at Primary School alot. People don't know that you can use Shift instead. I use left pinky to capitalise when I talk normally, and I never ever use Caps either. Sometimes I accidently press Caps when I Alt+Tab.

How can you possibly NOT know that the shift key is for capitalizing single letters? What on Earth else would it be for?

 

[Omnis]

How can you possibly NOT know that the shift key is for capitalizing single letters? What on Earth else would it be for?

Those funny symbols on top of the numbers.

 

[Duke]

You're serious. There are people out there who have electricity on a regular basis and don't know that the Shift key makes capital letters?

Western civilization might just really be doomed this time.

 

[Metar]

I've never really thought about reasons for it, but considering Hebrew doesn't have capitals, perhaps this might be why some friends of mine insist on using Caps-lock to capitalize.

 

[exigeracer]

You're serious. There are people out there who have electricity on a regular basis and don't know that the Shift key makes capital letters?

Western civilization might just really be doomed this time.

Well, members in Western Civilization who are in Grade School happen to be 6 years old. Can you forgive the children?

 

[Pupik]

How can you possibly NOT know that the shift key is for capitalizing single letters? What on Earth else would it be for?

Engaging 2nd gear?

For the rare times I type in the command line, I use Caps Lock. It just looks more readable in that "Terminal" font to me, probably because that's what I did when I first used DOS 2.1 many moons ago.

 

[Omnis]

You're serious. There are people out there who have electricity on a regular basis and don't know that the Shift key makes capital letters?

Western civilization might just really be doomed this time.

Perhaps not. I always spy people in my College/University Library hunting and pecking and caps-locking.

 

[niky]

Holy bump, Batman!

And yes, I still physically cringe when I see Papyrus on a store window...

 

[Omnis]

Anyone know what font the handsome red lettering is?

 

[TB]

Anyone know what font the handsome red lettering is?

Looks to me like Century Gothic.

 

[TheCracker]

And yes, I still physically cringe when I see Papyrus on a store window...

I used Papyrus on a professional level just yesterday. It was ideal for it's purpose

 

[niky]

I used Papyrus on a professional level just yesterday. It was ideal for it's purpose

Dear Lord!

Quick... check your temperature... are you hot? Flushed? Is there a strange fuzzy coating on your tounge?

 

[prisonermonkeys]

It could be wore. It could be Comic Sans MS, which I consider to be the Eighth Deadly Sin and punishable by having a shoe - or whatever similar object is close at hand - thrown at you.

Actually, there's pretty much only three types of fonts I will use at university: Verdana, for headings (which is this font), Times New Roman for the main body of text, and Courier New when I'm writing screenplays (and the occasional cover sheet).

 

[Sage]

Actually, there's pretty much only three types of fonts I will use at university: Verdana, for headings

Verdana is designed to be used at small sizes on computer screens – its x-height is way way way too big for print and for anything on-screen larger than like 14 px.

 

[Tornado]

After having Word 2007 for a while, I have found myself to be smitten with Calibri. I now pretty much type up everything I write in Calibri, size 11 (both because it is the default size and because I think it looks better at that size than at 12), which helps me slide in under maximum-length requirements imposed by some of my professors (it also helps that Calibri seems to take up a tad less space than similarly-sized Arial, as well). It also allows me to artificially increase the length of a paper I'm having trouble writing (though, in hindsight, I guess changing the font size to 12 doesn't really count as "artificially increasing" anything when that is more along the lines of what is expected).

 

[bergauk]

After having Word 2007 for a while, I have found myself to be smitten with Calibri. I now pretty much type up everything I write in Calibri, size 11 (both because it is the default size and because I think it looks better at that size than at 12), which helps me slide in under maximum-length requirements imposed by some of my professors (it also helps that Calibri seems to take up a tad less space than similarly-sized Arial, as well). It also allows me to artificially increase the length of a paper I'm having trouble writing (though, in hindsight, I guess changing the font size to 12 doesn't really count as "artificially increasing" anything when that is more along the lines of what is expected).

Psst, change the periods to the next size up. Works a charm.

 

[niky]

Sheesh. Fooling around with the letter spacing is often quite enough if all your professor is checking is the number of lines and pages.

I prefer receiving my papers in soft-copy, so I can actually check the word-count.

 

[Omnis]

Verdana is designed to be used at small sizes on computer screens – its x-height is way way way too big for print and for anything on-screen larger than like 14 px.

Yeah, seriously. Good thing he only uses it on headings.

I prefer Book Antiqua for all my college work, unless I am forced to use Times New Roman.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Verdana is designed to be used at small sizes on computer screens – its x-height is way way way too big for print and for anything on-screen larger than like 14 px.

I know that. I generally use it at ten-point with bold and italic for sub-headings and at fourteen-point for certain information on cover pages (student number, unit code and so on). Of the three I listed, it's the one I use least.

 

[Studentdriver]

I secretly, deep in my guilty heart, like Papyrus and don't care if it's overused. [Cue hate mail in beautifully-kerned Helvetica.]

 

[LancerEvo7]

I never realized so many people hate Comic Sans MS. Personally, I despise Arial.

 

[Speedster502]

Seeming this thread has been revived, I thought I'd bring to attention this:

This is a photograph of a Porsche 911 that I took, you maybe wondering what this has to do with fonts? Well, check the back of the car. Now, I'm not a expert but if there has ever been a font which looks cheap placed on a car, especially a 911 GT3 car it's Comic Sans MS. The rest of the car looks fine, I think thats what makes the Comic Sans stand out so much, if it wasn't there I think the car would look good. I personally think this is a bad use of a font, I'd like to hear your opinion (just to check it isn't me) and if anyone else can find some "embrassing" uses of fonts.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

I used Papyrus on a professional level just yesterday. It was ideal for it's purpose

I used it for a blog logo a couple of months ago. Fits perfectly with the blog theme.

 

[exigeracer]

Was the blog graphicdesignerswhointentionallyuseamateurfontstosubversivelymakefunoftheirclients.blogspot.com?

 

[Diego440]

www.ilovetypography.com



If I remember, I'll post a typographical poster I made this week.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Was the blog graphicdesignerswhointentionallyuseamateurfontstosubversivelymakefunoftheirclients.blogspot.com?

No! It was the most hinting-at-the-orient public domain font that I had.

It's The Ninja Bogey.

 

[niky]

Papyrus isn't even oriental... I would have gone with a sharper font... drat... had one in mind, but can't find it at the moment... You could use the Ninja font, but then, that's a cliche...

why not:

???

(Oh-kay, it's a chunky font... but still...)

 

[exigeracer]

http://www.dadadastudio.eu/shop/?c=1

 

[Diego440]

I've always been a fan of 'broken', smudged, grungy fonts.


(click for a larger version)

It's an ad congratulating a team that one the local championship. It didn't get approved and I can see why (not festive enough) but I enjoyed making it, though. I took out the information on the lower part, hence why it looks unbalanced.