August 19, 2010
neutra face.
by hasalyn
I’ll say it : I HATE COMIC SANS. It’s the most asshole font ever invented.
This is what "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" looks like, in Comic Sans.
As if I need to tell you WHY…I will: It’s unsophisticated. It makes everything intelligent dumber…although I’d question the intelligence of anyone who actually used this font.
If I wanted handwritten notes, I’d write them with a pen on nice stationary. Stop me before I make myself sick thinking about it.
BTW, if I pass another day spa with the Papyrus/Dakota/some font that’s supposed to read “organic/earthy,” I might spray paint over it. Seriously. Put away the Microsoft Word and hire a graphic designer.
On the other side of the coin, I love me some good Sans Serif fonts. Not all the time, I mean, a filasofia here and there is pretty cute…some courier action will be okay on occasion…but generally, I am a Sans Serif girl. Bring on the Futura, Helvetica, and my absolute FAVE…Franklin Gothic. Simple. Streamlined. Rad.
To celebrate that, I offer you NEUTRA FACE. A brilliant adaptation of Lady Gaga’s Poker Face, for font lovers worldwide.
For me, it’s all about the Die Nasty font, which is the KISS font (that refers to the band, for those unsophisticates who don’t realize that).
CROM is another great one, which is the font used on the movie posters for CONAN THE BARBARIAN.
Some punctuation characters don’t exist with those fonts, but really — who cares about punctuation anyway?
I’m going to have to disagree with you hasalyn. Before I read any part of your blog, I laughed for a good 5 seconds at the statement, “I eat fistfulls of poop.” I laughed again when I just wrote that. It feels good: )
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You do realize your spelled ‘intelligent’ wrong somewhat undermining your statement in the process right?
@Kai : What does spelling have to do with intelligence?
mmmm pwnd.
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