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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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Font Politics

Chris and Trish Meyer | 06/17

Typefaces with issues and attitudes.

These humorous videos by the crazies at College Humor gives insight into the interpersonal politics of font families.

The first one is a debate about whether or not to add a font to the group:

Make sure you hang around until at least 2:08 for Century Gothic’s dismissive “I’m in a room full of sheep,” or 2:16 for when Wingdings steals the show.

This second one takes a more war-like approach to settling type choice differences:

The ending reminds us of when The Voice of Reason arrives all too late during the course of a project.

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Excellent Chris…

LMAO….


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