It’s the G I was keying in on.
Man, I was never a font nerd, but I’ve been in the presence of a room full of 'em, and it was terrifying. Those guys discussed the merits of serifs with near-religious fervor.
When I first moved to SF I was invited to an annual showing of short films about fonts and typefaces. Seriously. It was invite-only, and people not on the list were being turned away at the door. Most of the filmlets were actually rather good, but the audience were almost all industry insiders who ROARED with forced laughter whenever Helvetica was mentioned. The afterparty was the usual assortment of luvvies and dahlings, and the chick who’d invited me was the worst of them, so I split. Who knew there was a typeface “scene”?
Oh god, there so is. And admittedly, I like the Helvetica documentary, both for informational purposes and as a well-done film. The typeface itself, however, is either loved or loathed in the industry for its ubiquity.
I don’t know if I have a favorite font. I used to like Bank Gothic, but lately it seems a mite too ubiquitous. These days, I’m using Agency FB quite a bit.
I have to laugh at Bank Gothic, since I totally agree on its overuse… while I just pushed new campaign art for next week’s marketing meeting using the hell out of it.
This entire morning of Qt3 browsing has been marked with ads for Degree deodorant featuring Bear Grylls photoshopped alongside different athletes. Every time I see one I imagine him being hit in the face with whatever ball the athlete is holding.
I always use comic sans but I’m doing it ironically so it’s okay.
I’ve learned to auto-delete any email that comes in Comic Sans, since obviously whatever twelve year old girl wrote it has the wrong email address.
Bleh, Comic Sans. The one font I’m less inclined to ever use than Papyrus. Well, that and Jokerman.
Rooooooooooooolling staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaart!!!
Delta
3111
Wow, cheers - I didn’t even know a facility existed like that. I have to admit that while I’d never devote my life to it, I love typefaces. Not enough to be pretentious and call them typefaces all the time, to be honest, but I appreciate their beauty and their precision and how a single font can genuinely say so much through just its image.
And now my second question; what effect is it that allows the fonts to appear slightly inset like that? As though they’ve been punched in?
Depends on the program, in Photoshop you can use layer styles (inner shadow or cutout, depending on your plugins and which version you use) to get that effect.
Delta
3113
Ah, that’s the thing. Despite being a.) A student and b.) An avid mac user, I for some reason avoid photoshop like the plague.
Whatever program you use, if they have text effects, there’s probably something akin to “Cutout” that will give you a similar effect. It’s generally the opposite of “Emboss”.
I wonder if it’s elitist of me to automatically assume that anyone who sends me an email at work from a hotmail.com or aol.com domain is probably someone I’m going to have to speak really slowly to, using small words and extravagant hand gestures.
If so, we’re elitist together. I have to deal with Student Groups, who have the ability to use a Bmail (Our campus uses a dedicated GMail client for or email) with their group name, but some groups are from before the switch, so some of them have hotmail or yahoo addresses, and they also tend to be the least savvy of the groups I have to deal with.
It’s awful, especially since I’m explaining finances to them. It’s like pulling teeth out of a hippo’s mouth.
Eilonwy
3117
I can one up you both: the woman who is handling the location for our wedding has an earthlink account. I didn’t even know they still existed. I cringe a little every time I have to email her.
Raife
3119
A friend of mine still has a Prodigy email address. I make fun of her for it, but I think she sees it a kind of badge of honor.
A customer of ours has a Juno email account.
