If fonts were people
Jul 25th, 2008 by Waffles
I’m a type geek. That’s why I like this video a lot. I disagree, however, that Comic Sans is a superhero — I think maybe the creators were making fun of its insane overuse. Ban Comic Sans!
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Agreed! Giving him the hero’s role—and worse, making him competent— is insulting to all of us who have to live with Comic Sans abuse in the real world. He should be a marginally computer-literate, poorly educated suburban moron sitting in the back. I’m thinking Jean Teasdale-ish.
Also, where was Helvetica? I was expecting a lederhosen-clad yodeler with a gun, a hunting dog, and a great watch. Who would obviously be neutral on what to do about the hostage situation, and then they would find out he’d been financing Ransom the whole time.
And they missed an opportunity with the Couriers. They should have been linked to the golden age of typewriters somehow; I’m thinking dress shirt with sleeves rolled up to the elbows, a grey waistcoat (fob watch optional), and maybe one of those accountant’s visors.
Actually, Helvetica would be more of one of those post-war minimalist avante-garde Germans with those thick black plastic glasses. At least the guy who invented it looked like that. We should watch the documentary “Helvetica” sometime. I’ve seen it — it was great.
I also didn’t think Futura was right — they interpreted him semantically. Stylistically, he would be from the 20s, and very art deco. Sort of a human version of the Chrysler building.
That video ruled, except for the Comic Sans. The other one I CANNOT stand is Papyrus. I mean, what the f***?
Psst… Is totally okay to say “fuck” on this blog. Incorporating it into an otherwise educated vocabulary is the verbal equivalent to sticking a rusty nail through a Eucharist wafer while talking about evo-devo: you don’t have to do it if you don’t want to, but it can be awful fun and appropriate in the proper context.