07.02.08
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Which character is most likely to suffer from scoliosis?
S. They typically have curved spines.
07.02.08
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Which character is most likely to suffer from scoliosis?
S. They typically have curved spines.
06.16.08
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Have you heard? Lucas de Groot is working on a new set of typefaces, similar to Thesis!
Really? Theserif and Thesans were awesome. What's this next series called?
Thebrother!
05.23.08
39 36 35
In the 18th century, how did the doctors treat Bodoni’s ball terminal illness?
With a bit of blood-leading
05.20.08
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Why couldn’t the designer use Perpetua in his animation?
Perpetua motion is impossible.
05.20.08
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Professor: "Jacob, I was very disappointed to see your editorial spread. You know Verdana was meant for on-screen displays. What did I tell you about using the default system fonts?"
Student: "But sir, I had a very good reason for using Verdana."
Professor: "What historical or cultural ties could Verdana have in Hound of the Baskervilles? You might as well have used Baskerville!"
Student: "That would've been too obvious. But since my spread was on Sherlock Holmes, I figured that it would be appropriate to use a font that was all about the little hints."
05.13.08
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What typeface do fish fear most?
Gill Sans
05.09.08
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After cherishing and kissing all of her typed love letters, Peggy contracted this...
Andale Mono
05.06.08
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What typographical term are Siamese twins most familiar with?
Keming.
04.30.08
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How did the typeface cross the gutter?
He jumped.
04.29.08
111 70 73
A sans-serif face walks into the street and is hit by a Swiss Modernist truck.
The carnage is grotesk... but you know, akzidenz happen.
04.29.08
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A font walks into a bar. The bartender says “Hey, we don’t serve your type here.” and he called the Serif.
04.24.08
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Comic Sans
04.24.08
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There is a new revival of Cooper Black rolling on to the market which only contains ordinals. It is called Mini-Cooper.
04.24.08
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Headline Gothic walks into a bar. The barman asks, "Why the long face?"
04.23.08
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Why was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a man of letters?
Because he wrote
The Hound of the Baskervilles.
04.23.08
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Man! You look like something the cat dragged in.
Worse. My fountain pen got caught in an ink trap.
04.23.08
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Yo mama’s so old, she refers to Century as Futura.
04.23.08
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A restaurant’s price range is directly proportional to the amount of tracking in its logotype.
04.21.08
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When designing a font, calculating the metrics is the most x-heighting part.
04.20.08
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When you need it most, this system font delivers.
Courier
04.19.08
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What medical condition is illustrated here?
( : )
Colon cancer...Yeah......Sorry.
04.18.08
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Shouldn’t Times New Roman set in italics be called Times New Italics?
04.15.08
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What kind of lettering is known to suffer from Tourettes?
Cursive
04.12.08
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There once was a rowdy glyph
who would always get in a tiff
met a massive pounder
who punched his counter
and gave him a typeface-lift.
03.29.08
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Did you hear? Comma and Period got married.
Really? Comma’s a great guy, but who’s Period?
Some moody chick he picked up at the Crossbar a year ago.
I bet she’s perfect for him.
Yep, she’s always finishing his sentences.
03.28.08
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What font did the literalist use to number his pages?
Folio.
02.05.08
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A traffic cop pulls over an ellipsis for speeding and asks, “Where’s the fire, buddy?” The ellipsis replies “hmm... ummm... uhhhh...ahh...”
02.09.08
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What kind of music does Franklin Gothic enjoy?
The Heavy Metal Type.
02.08.08
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I got this neat idea for a movie. You know Paul Renner, right?
Duh, he designed Futura. Classic, but clunky, not as nice as Avenir.
Right on! Imagine what Paul would do if he laid eyes on Avenir.
Impossible. He died 32 years before it was designed.
Not in my movie. Let’s say he’s found this time machine...and he uses it to to spy on Frutiger’s drafts for Avenir, and he comes back in time, uses the knowledge gained, and revises his own Futura!
That’s crazy, yo. What would the movie be called?
Back to the Futura.
Fucking brilliant.
02.06.08
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Where should you look if you’re missing a glyph?
The Lost-and-Foundry
02.10.08
91 75 91
How long does it take for a type designer to change a light bulb?
It depends on if you need it to be
normal, bold, or heavy.
02.07.08
79 75 92
What was history’s most well-spoken typeface?
Times. Because Times Knew Roman.
02.09.08
92 69 73
What kind of fonts do Campbell’s Soup lovers prefer?
Anything Condensed.
02.10.08
81 74 74
Why was Sara mad when Gary put display type into her gelatin mix?
It set solid.
