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

[freyjakj.livejournal.com]

I recently added Papyrus to my own journal page, AND it has been a favorite font of mine for years.

Er...I have not noticed it everywhere, though. O.o Mayhaps I am looking at the wrong everywheres?

[boliviafang.livejournal.com]

Papyrus is a pretty font. One of my favorite applications of it was on a personal web page. It's not that it doesn't have great uses, we're just sick of seeing it on, say, menus and annual reports.

[freyjakj.livejournal.com]

I'd have to agree that I would be a little amused annoyed to see it on something like an annual report! lol It is pretty but obviously not entirely easy to read.

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

My big issue w/Papyrus is that it is used by everyone who wants a logo but doesn't want to pay to get one designed. So they just use the "fancy & different" font that is in their MS Word.

[(Anonymous)]

Ha ha - Yeah, I could see that happening.

[freyjakj.livejournal.com]

That was me. :-)

[nextian-cutie.livejournal.com]

My chiropractor used to use it on all his patient handouts! In all sizes! Papyrus is one thing as a headline (usually very pretty) but an entirely other thing at 11pt or smaller! Talk about hard to read! YIKES!

Several of us patients talked to the office assistant and had her speak to him about it. He finally changed it. Now he uses some scripty handwritten-style font I'm not familiar with as the headline and Arial as the body font. Thank goodness, now we can actually READ what he's giving us! LOL