Font art geekery - Page 7

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 11-19-2008, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Ah, how I miss Annual Reports. This was for a while some of the best creative design and printing to be found. Alas, many companies are shying away from spending the money the used to on these gems.

I still want to take a day off and field trip to your place o' work fun.

Not Afraid · 11-19-2008, 09:16 PM

I used to LOVE fonts and spent a lot of time choosing my fonts for the publications I created very carefully. I have great admiration for well placed and well used fonts.

Then came message boards....and sig lines. Sigh.

Kevy Baby · 11-19-2008, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I still want to take a day off and field trip to your place o' work fun.

I have a couple of press checks coming up in December

Alex · 11-19-2008, 10:04 PM

People have sig lines?

CoasterMatt · 11-19-2008, 10:07 PM

What about kicklines?

Betty · 11-20-2008, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Tenigma

Yep, I'm a huge font fan. I think it comes from doing old wax-roller layouts for newsletters and pamphlets back when Alex was still in diapers. OK not that long ago. But I started in undergraduate school and switched from wax to computer.

I started doing desktop publishing using Aldus Pagemaker 2.0. And fell in love with the ability to use different fonts (up until then I was only familiar with machines running DOS).

Quick: What font did the Obama campaign use for its primary signage?

Spoiler:

It's just too damn bad they want to charge me $200 for the basic set! Argh.

Ah Pagemaker. My long lost love. It's been a long time.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 11-20-2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I have a couple of press checks coming up in December

Woo! Let me know.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 11-20-2008, 01:46 PM

http://www.fortheloveoftype.blogspot.com/

And

http://gemmaobrien.com/

innerSpaceman · 11-20-2008, 01:57 PM

Hmmm, I'm thinking of posting exclusively in Comic Sans from now on .... ya know, to annoy Alex.

Alex · 11-20-2008, 02:33 PM

I spent five years working closely with a woman who emailed exclusively in bold, deep purple comic sans.

Trust me, I've long singe learned to suppress my annoyance until the day I rule the world and can unleash my vengeance. Until then I just use it as a handy indicator of the mildly retarded.

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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I used to LOVE fonts and spent a lot of time choosing my fonts for the publications I created very carefully. I have great admiration for well placed and well used fonts. Then came message boards....and sig lines. Sigh.
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11-20-2008, 02:33 PM	#70
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I spent five years working closely with a woman who emailed exclusively in bold, deep purple comic sans. Trust me, I've long singe learned to suppress my annoyance until the day I rule the world and can unleash my vengeance. Until then I just use it as a handy indicator of the mildly retarded.
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