I’m not a hardcore font snob, but I do have a soft spot for delicious typography. One of the (many) high points of the Obama campaign was the stellar design work that was done on it, especially using Hoefler & Frere-Jones’ Gotham. I follow H&FJ’s typography blog regularly.
I can’t hate on people for using standard Microsoft fonts, or wanting to punch up a flier with something with a bit of sass. But certain fonts make me want to pluck my eyes out (I’m looking at you, Comic Sans). With that, I was very pleased to find the following poster pledge:
I’d sign it for myself, though would remove the “Ever Again.” Someone would slaughter me if I turned out a draft with one of those fonts. Are they even installed on my computer? … checking MS Word says Comic Sans and Papyrus are there, though Hobo is absent. Shudder. I’ll stick to my old standby of using images of monster trucks as placeholder images.
Filed under: Design, Media | Tagged: comic sans, fonts, painful to see, typography
a typeface says so much. Still haven’t explored much beyond Verdana and Papyrus … so much to learn!
There’s a wealth of good fonts out there for you! Stick with a good serif like Georgia at the beginning, you’ll be OK. :)