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By: Jawaad Ahmad Khan

Jawaad Ahmad Khan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:09:33 +0000

Great post.
13 out of 20 on the quiz. And it really is true about Trajan, I’m def. gonna look out for that next time I’m at Blockbuster.

I find it funny though how the guy in the Trajan video told movie poster designers to try out Comic Sans, and thereafter we learned about the horrible horrible tales of Comic Sans.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:13:33 +0000

If you are looking for free fonts, check http://www.fonts2u.com. Discovered it just few days ago. Their
character map search is awesome! Saved some time when looking for specific character maps supported.

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By: Stanford Rosenthal

Stanford Rosenthal — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:12:02 +0000

great post, thanks!

By: richi3f

richi3f — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:41:46 +0000

Great post! Thanks for sharing, I got 17 out 20 in the quiz.

By: Jessica G

Jessica G — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:37:38 +0000

Great article! However, one correction: Microsoft Bob was not a children’s game, it was a Windows user interface that was designed to be intuitive and simple, and thereby ostensibly attractive to those who were new to personal computing. I worked in retail software sales at the time and we nicknamed it “Windows for Old People.”
Comic Sans wasn’t the only thing wrong with Bob, but it was one of the (sadly) most enduring.

By: Shawn B.

Shawn B. — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:02:27 +0000

This was an awesome post. It is really refreshing to have the dust of obscurity brushed off a topic like that. I like how instead of going too far into any one topic you kind of touched on a nice set with interesting videos and odd facts.

This would be nice followed by an article about web typography. I am really unsure of what the optimal spacing and font choice is for the internet, and there is so much you can mess with with CSS.

By: Emmet

Emmet — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:32:47 +0000

Excellent post! really enjoyed that vid about Trajan! and the Helvetica/Arial quiz is great! Thanks!

By: Brendan

Brendan — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:22:49 +0000

Got a 19 out of 20…Mattel was just a mean one!

Glad to see people getting educated about Arial. Helvetica is such a better font!

By: Shurandy Thode

Shurandy Thode — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:13:03 +0000

Great read! Thanks for sharing.