Chicagoist: A Certain Type

dave

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:53:52 -0600

Is there no love here for Futura? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futura_(typeface)

mike

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:58:52 -0600

I hate Comic Sans because it's an ugly typeface. If that baffles you, it means you have bad taste.

Unindicted Co-conspirator

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:10:42 -0600

I, for one, am totally baffled at the hatred for Comic Sans. I fully understand it might be misused, such as the classic example of an undertaker that used it for a funeral program. But when used for an invitation to a party, who gives a shit, after all, it's a perfectly readable typeface. I suggest that hating it is just a measure of hipness among a small group of the tragically, terminally hip!

mike

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:39:26 -0600

jocelyn, I think the definition above is a bit confusing, and possibly inaccurate. I've always understood a font to be a specific weight and pt. size of a typeface (e.g. 12 pt. Optima Bold). Where's Mario Garcia when you need him?

jocelyn

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:15:50 -0600

umm. okay? what if we're not dealing in computers, let's say? no "digital file?" pretend it's all still little letters being "typeset." there were no 'fonts' before computers? curiously yours, book antiqua 14

Jess

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:21:59 -0600

Ah, geeky grammar/word love.

geekgrrl

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:42:07 -0600

jocelyn, same here. what's your fave? century gothic 4 lyfe! (the messed up part, though, is that i lost that when i formatted my computer and didn't have a backup. i have brought much shame upon myself.)

mike

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:21:56 -0600

I still try to respect the typeface/font difference here at work, but no one else seems to care much. I'll ask someone what his headline font is and he'll answer "Franklin Gothic Demi" and I'll stand there waiting for the rest of the info. No luck. We're fighting a losing battle, Hascat, but keep fighting.

jocelyn

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:59:28 -0600

i will have to go to that link to find out the difference between a typeface and a font. i am obsessed with fonts. god, i'm obsessed with so many things -- the cta, M*A*S*H, little house on the prairie, my fear of tumbleweeds -- but, i digress. i LOVE fonts. i can't believe there's a movie about one. YAY!

Clint

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:09:47 -0600

I always loved Helvetica because it's the font you see on generic groceries in old movies before product placement became the norm ... white box, black letters in helvetica spelling things like "cereal" and "bread" and "cola." Helvetica is the chicaken of fonts. Back when I worked for a newspaper, I had to come up with the name of our corporate spelling bee team (some community fundraising gimik.) My name: Helvetica's Angels.

Rob Christopher

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:01:43 -0600

http://www.will-harris.com/font_vs_typeface.html Wow, you learn something new every day!

Hascat

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:55:42 -0600

It's a typeface, not a font!

geekgrrl

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:19:42 -0600

so true! comic sans will be the font used to announce the coming of the antichrist.

mike

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:48:37 -0600

They should follow this up with a horror film about Comic Sans.