As a typeface lover and one who agonizes over what font will make my presentation boards/portfolio/poster look the best, this is a hilarious way to make decisions. (Click the graphic to view a larger version.) I followed some of the flowchart and just laughed at what I came across, like:
There were also some paths and ultimate typeface choices that surprised me as well. Maybe I have a thing or two to learn after all, or maybe this chart just exposes how subjective font choice really can be.
"Do people find you boring from time to time?" >> Times
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"Are you alone?" "Follow me..." >> Comic Sans [one that I really can't stand]
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"Are you alone?" "Follow me..." >> Comic Sans [one that I really can't stand]
There were also some paths and ultimate typeface choices that surprised me as well. Maybe I have a thing or two to learn after all, or maybe this chart just exposes how subjective font choice really can be.
I love this. Picking fonts is one of my least and most favorite things to do. I still wish I had maybe bought a nice font for our wedding. But I'm cheap and lazy. And had deadlines.
ReplyDeleteI hate Comic Sans. Seeing it makes something inside me curl up and die. It should not have ever been created.
haha somehow i actually really love picking fonts...but it also happens to be a huge time sink.
ReplyDeletebtw, join with your fellow comic sans haters: http://bancomicsans.com/main/
the guy who designed it also did trebuchet - slightly better, although i still am not a huge fan.