Sometimes A Font Will Do

May 29, 2009
By Kim Werker


Greetings from Philadelphia, home of the founding of humidity, the cheesesteak, and where, as contrasted against the wee state to the south, everything is named after Ben Franklin instead of DuPont. I’ll be on the road for the next couple of weeks, and will try to post some brief dispatches.

I was pleased as all-natural, none of that corn-syrup-crap punch that Tara over at Blonde Chicken Boutique tweeted me about today’s xkcd comic. I just love spreading the Papyrus hate. Talk amongst yourselves.

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12 Responses to Sometimes A Font Will Do

  1. smartgrrrl on May 29, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    I saw that, and my first thought was “embroidered wall hanging.”

  2. Kim Werker on May 30, 2009 at 6:29 am

    Wow, you're a genius. Now I wish I had all sorts of embroidery stuff with me, and a printer. Hmm…

  3. Miriam on May 30, 2009 at 7:24 am

    Ack! That would make me twitch too. I used Papyrus back in the day… like in the 1990s. *shudder* I saw a website the other day that used Papyrus as the main font and thought of you as I closed the browser :D

  4. Denise on May 31, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    And can we add “comic' to the list of fonts that make a person cringe?

  5. kristi on June 2, 2009 at 6:46 am

    Water Ice. Scrapple. The inability of buy beer on Sundays. What other mid-Atlantic treats am I missing?

  6. Kim Werker on June 2, 2009 at 6:56 am

    If it's Comic Sans, you betcha!

  7. Kim Werker on June 2, 2009 at 6:57 am

    We're farther north now, but you're missing humidity. Mmm, humidity.

  8. Jennie C. on June 4, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    You know about the mouse-over text on the xkcd comic's right? They're often the cherry-on-top.

  9. Kim Werker on June 4, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    They sure are.

  10. Jennie C. on June 4, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    You know about the mouse-over text on the xkcd comic's right? They're often the cherry-on-top.

  11. Kim Werker on June 4, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    They sure are.

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