Comments on: Please Papyrus Don’t Hurt ‘Em http://www.stemkoski.com/please-papyrus-dont-hurt-em/ Web design tips & tricks plus anything else I want to talk about... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trbalnoizes http://www.stemkoski.com/please-papyrus-dont-hurt-em/comment-page-1/#comment-46032 Trbalnoizes Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:24:59 +0000 http://www.stemkoski.com/?p=805#comment-46032 Its the fakey "oriental" looking fonts that get me. I'm into bellydance, and every time I get a flyer for a show, what's it written in? You guessed it. Even sadder is when they use one that looks a lot like Arabic characters. I'm just waiting for someone who really can read Arabic to look at one of the flyers and say "Why does this flyer say (something dirty or offensive)"? Its the fakey “oriental” looking fonts that get me. I’m into bellydance, and every time I get a flyer for a show, what’s it written in? You guessed it. Even sadder is when they use one that looks a lot like Arabic characters. I’m just waiting for someone who really can read Arabic to look at one of the flyers and say “Why does this flyer say (something dirty or offensive)”?

]]> By: Kati Lutz http://www.stemkoski.com/please-papyrus-dont-hurt-em/comment-page-1/#comment-5817 Kati Lutz Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:49:36 +0000 http://www.stemkoski.com/?p=805#comment-5817 I dislike Papyrus, but I <i>detest</i> Comic Sans. There are sites out there similar to the ones you listed for Papyrus, mainly <a href="http://bancomicsans.com/home.html" rel="nofollow">Ban Comic Sans</a> which has a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/comicsans/" rel="nofollow">Flickr group</a> dedicated to sightings of the font and a page on MySpace. I've actually had clients <i>ask</i> for me to use Comic Sans - when they do I never no whether to laugh or to cry. I dislike Papyrus, but I detest Comic Sans. There are sites out there similar to the ones you listed for Papyrus, mainly Ban Comic Sans which has a Flickr group dedicated to sightings of the font and a page on MySpace. I’ve actually had clients ask for me to use Comic Sans – when they do I never no whether to laugh or to cry.

]]> By: Ryan Stemkoski http://www.stemkoski.com/please-papyrus-dont-hurt-em/comment-page-1/#comment-5378 Ryan Stemkoski Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:17:54 +0000 http://www.stemkoski.com/?p=805#comment-5378 That is the truth. I wish I had a fairy that could fly around to every computer and adjust the font library. With the help of my fairy I would be able to increase the list of safe fonts for the web and remove some of the ones that shouldn’t be used under any circumstances…. That is the truth. I wish I had a fairy that could fly around to every computer and adjust the font library. With the help of my fairy I would be able to increase the list of safe fonts for the web and remove some of the ones that shouldn’t be used under any circumstances….

]]> By: Thomas J. Brown http://www.stemkoski.com/please-papyrus-dont-hurt-em/comment-page-1/#comment-5174 Thomas J. Brown Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:45:50 +0000 http://www.stemkoski.com/?p=805#comment-5174 <q>In design culture a line has been drawn in the sand.</q> Sand. There's another crappy font that has been overused. In design culture a line has been drawn in the sand.

Sand. There’s another crappy font that has been overused.

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