I saw it used in a company's sign on their building a few years ago and thought, This is going to be the next Comic Sans, isn't it?
― 火車 (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 16 December 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
marker felt looks good as hell right up there t-b-h
― fartz, Friday, 16 December 2011 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
is papyrus the britta of fonts or is complaining about papyrus the britta of typing things into thei nternet
― fartz, Friday, 16 December 2011 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
the answer is always the one with the internet in it
― nuhnuhnuh, Friday, 16 December 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
i like comic sans, its jaunty
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Friday, 16 December 2011 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
actually i mostly just dont notice 'fonts'
one time i installed some graffiti fonts on my computer and internet explorer got all graffed out lol, rip os9
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Saturday, 17 December 2011 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
I never thought about how many annoying fonts there were until now -- Kristen seems particularly irritating for some reason.
― Nicole, Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah a couple of these made me wince
― dell, Saturday, 17 December 2011 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
Is there such a thing as a good calligraphy/handwriting font? Like for recreating a fancy document for framing?
I am font-stupid to the maxxx and I have kind of tacky taste and I need someone with discerning taste to point me in the right direction for a project.
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Monday, 19 December 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
RIP Marker Felt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY
― jaymc, Monday, 19 December 2011 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
Is there such a thing as a good calligraphy/handwriting font?
typophiles would say Zapfino but i've always found it a bit ugly
― Armin Tamzarian (ok), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
it's no Gothic
― Seed Production Scientist cum Head (Julie Lagger), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
Speaking of a font businesses always seem to use, this is a big offender, and almost always looks rubbish:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/MS_Copperplate_Sample.PNG
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, December 16, 2011 6:45 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Permalink
I totally guessed this before even seeing it. Was actually complaining about it earlier today.
― edb, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.kdl.org/image_attachments/0000/4162/51j4kr83sfl.jpg?1194988150
― that wiener from Emearlds (step hen faps), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen some pretty bad examples lately, but I feel like the fucking ACT UP website should maybe have a little more typographic dignity...
― edb, Sunday, 25 December 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
Ok, in all fairness it's only a few instances, and nowhere near the main page (which is itself marked by an angelfire level html primitivism (that's kind of endearing actually)) but still.
― edb, Sunday, 25 December 2011 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
Suomi Hand is an amazing casual handwriting font - especially if you use an application with open type support for automatic glyph switching.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 25 December 2011 08:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://typophile.com/files/SuomiHand-sample.pdf
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 25 December 2011 08:59 (twelve years ago) link
problem is handwriting doesnt look like a font, its irregular w/variations in how letters are written depending on where they come in a word which letter they abut and randomness, so when you have a uniform system trying to imitate that it just ends up looking cloying and fake
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 25 December 2011 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
that one is p good tho! lol
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 25 December 2011 13:06 (twelve years ago) link
handwriting fonts just rely on endless amounts of ligatures but its like isn't that a lot of work why not just write things
― judith, Sunday, 25 December 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
well if you have to create the font yrself its prob not worth it
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 25 December 2011 13:16 (twelve years ago) link
Comic Sans is partially responsible for creation of Jerkcity, this fact makes up for every sin that has been committed using this font
― V79, Sunday, 25 December 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
The embedded youtube link above is the first time I've clicked/heard/seen the clip for Blink 182's 'I Miss You'.
― Banned socks (Osoby), Monday, 26 December 2011 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
Zapfino is an illegible tech demo.
― caek, Monday, 26 December 2011 09:15 (twelve years ago) link
Opentype allows for software to automatically switch ligatures depending on context or random choice.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 26 December 2011 10:00 (twelve years ago) link