The media can be stupid. While that can be a general complaint, in this case, there’s a specific reason I say that. Hillary Clinton has come under fire because she wrote her resignation letter using the Poor Richard font. Really? Seriously? She goes in for criticism because of the font? I’ve used Poor Richard. I … Continue reading On Complaints Over Typefaces
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A poster for a clothing drive in the elevator vestibule in the office is a typographic atrocity. Just from sight, I’ve identified the following typefaces: Comic Sans Arial Arial Rounded Lucida Grande At that point, my eyes glazed over and my brain was stunned into a stupor.
It has only taken twenty years, but I have finally found the font I wanted. In the mid-1980s, Del Rey used a distinctive typeface for the tables of contents or chapter headings of many of their science fiction novels. Foundation and Earth. The Songs of Distant Earth. The Integral Trees. Robots and Empire. A really … Continue reading On Today’s Typography Lesson
A few days ago, I found a new font — Celtic Eels, styled on the Book of Kells — and I wondered what I could possibly use it for. This, naturally, set the wheels turning, and, unsurprisingly, I had an idea yesterday. I’d make a logo! For people who can’t make that out, it reads … Continue reading On Logo-Making
Always in search of new and interesting fonts, this evening I found something amazing. Celtic Eels, a font apparently based on the Book of Kells. It’s a free font, designed by West Wind Fonts. I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to use it for. Except maybe to make my name. Like this: Looks … Continue reading On Today’s Font Discovery
In the next day or two, I’ll put up a complete breakdown of August’s webstats for allyngibson.com, but in the interim, I thought I’d point out a couple of interesting things I’ve seen come through from Google in the past week or two of search phrases people are using. alan moore star trek. I don’t … Continue reading On the Questions People Ask
There are fonts that I like. And there are fonts that I do not like. Among the fonts I do not like: Comic Sans Garamond Times New Roman I should say that I don’t just not like Garamond. I outright hate Garamond. The problem is that I spent years looking at resumes working as a … Continue reading On Rainy Saturday Thoughts
I think I have a new favorite font. As many people know, I refuse to work with Times New Roman. I find it… unattractive. The shapes are common. It doesn’t speak to me. It doesn’t reveal my inner self. Instead, I work in Palatino. Sometimes its close cousin Book Antiqua, but I’ve gotten so that … Continue reading On a New Favorite Font
I don’t have a font problem. I’m not an addict. I can quit them any time. So why is it that when I’m writing about Ariel, the Little Mermaid, for work, I keep typing “Arial”? By the way, has anyone tried Minute Maid’s Orangeade? This stuff is really quite good. My throat feels all scratchy-like, … Continue reading On Typos and Fonts
A reader came to the website recently, looking for information — according to the search string Google passed — on “Coldplay Fonts.” Coldplay uses Albertus MT for their logo typeface. COLDPLAY. See? (Assuming, of course, that you have Albertus MT installed on your machine. As I do.) No, I don’t have a font problem. I … Continue reading On Coldplay Fonts
My fellow writers, Times New Roman offends me. Its crimes against reason and common sense are legion. Times New Roman is common. Times New Roman is plebian. Times New Roman lacks style and panache. Times New Roman is blase. Times New Roman lacks art. Times New Roman has cast a spell upon the world. It … Continue reading On a Declaration of War
I found this top ten list of warning signs of being a fontaholic. Let’s run down the list, shall we? 10. You spend more time looking at how the name of the car in front of you is written rather than where you’re going. Can’t say I’ve done this, no. 9. You have 3 or … Continue reading On Fonts