Font Dork

[hellziggy]

I had forgotten how funny I was until boliviafang put my comment that she had written down in her journal.
If you are not a Font Dork it will probably not only not be funny, but also not make sense.

from boliviafang's journal:

So the only quote I actually wrote down from that evening is such an industry-specific one (which, admittedly, is part of its humor) that it will only be funny to about three people I know, only two of whom are on LJ:

"Papyrus is freakin' everywhere. It's like the new Comic Sans."
~hellziggy

Trust me, that's hilarious.

Comments

[nextian-cutie.livejournal.com]

OMG, I just griped at my 18 year old brother-in-law for using Papyrus the other day. I called him trite and generic and he immediately changed it! (after I told him what trite meant LOL)

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Papyrus has its uses... Just not everyone's do-it-yourself logo.

You will appreciate the discussion that led to my comment... The menu at Sawatdee had Enviro on it. I was trying to decide what to order when all of a sudden I went, "Killer Bunnies!" Also, the previous evening I had just noticed that P.F. Changs uses Enviro for their logo. But seeing my comment led to boliviafang saying that she was used to being the only one who recognised fonts. Which led to Font Geekiness.

[nextian-cutie.livejournal.com]

ah, I see...I'm also a bit of a Font Geek. (Yes, I BOUGHT my font for my portrait studio logo!)

But you see, you can't really be a member of NAPP without being a bit of a Font Geek, really...

And that's funny about Enviro popping up all over the place. I think it's very interesting how people really identify a brand name with the font. Just goes to show the power of graphic design!