Typophile - TYPE JOKES - Comments

gulliver — Wed, 26 Feb 2003 00:40:56 -0800

> What is the type designer's favorate
> breakfast?

Another answer:

M N X (Ham and eggs)

The full, even cornier version:

F U N E M?
S, V F M.
F U N E X?
S, V F X.
O K. L F M N X.

(Have you any ham?
Yes, we have ham.
Have you any eggs?
Yes, we have eggs.
OK. I'll have ham and eggs.)

Oscar Morris — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:15:26 -0800

Did you hear about the embarrasing date that the young R had with the cute letter from Carmina?

He got his tongue stuck in her bracket while she was stroking his stem.

But in the end there was a crossbar in the terminal, so at least he got some tail.

Mark Simonson — Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:43:22 -0800

One for the old school:

Q: How many typesetters does it take to change a light bulb?

A: One, but be sure to specify how tight you want it.

trae — Mon, 24 Feb 2003 05:01:27 -0800

Can you stand more? The em and en discussion was teasing at me... near my old office was a chain of sandwich shops, Em's Subs...

Do you think the difference between a 6" and a 12" sub is similar to that between an en and an em?

Alright, I'm off the deep end now...

trae — Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:14:39 -0800

ha!
(and every time I ladle some alphabet soup into my bowl, I think Vag Rounded!)

Coming Soon: fat-free breakfast treat, Sans Serifs!

capthaddock — Sun, 23 Feb 2003 16:39:42 -0800

Special K?

soreno — Sun, 23 Feb 2003 12:00:49 -0800

Kern flakes!

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Soren O

trae — Sun, 23 Feb 2003 09:13:24 -0800

cheerios? oh, no! alphabits!!!

soreno — Sun, 23 Feb 2003 07:29:11 -0800

I have not yet read all of the above, but here's one:

What is the type designer's favorate breakfast?

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Soren O

seg — Sun, 23 Feb 2003 04:42:39 -0800

heh

have you ever heard Ken Nordine's track called 'Alphabets/Numbers'?
here are some extracts:

E- is a broken rib, G- that a C gone wrong, H - is one minus one... crowded, K - is an elbow leaning againt a wall, P - is a leaking D, R - is a leaking E, T - is an EXTREMLY mixed up L.. Z - is two V's sleeping together.. head to toe, 'what do you know!'..

and my fav:
X - just more V playing some silly game trying to get the point.

trae — Fri, 21 Feb 2003 04:30:31 -0800

Brilliant!

Reminds me of the time I was involved in an intense discussion about type obsession with a designer. I must've been waxing melodramatic ( "some women shop for shoes when depressed, I shop for fonts") because he asked,

"how long have you been this way, anyway?"

He made it sound like a character flaw...

(ok, "Serif Spowl," you win...swashes down)

tsprowl — Thu, 20 Feb 2003 20:46:10 -0800

haha. ok here's a recent joke I made....well in an correspondance to a past Art Director I had who had seen a font I used recently and asked what it was...we got into discussion about scripts and where to find some good ones. I pluged a couple addys and anywho..here's the correspondance:

> This is fukin awesome...
> I ma always so busy I forget that there are freaks like you who are
> constantly searching... I love the lamar script, i think i will buy it and
> make a purty wine label with it.
>
> Thanks Tan ya!

Then I replied:
hmm another freak comment eh? - My constant searching may be excessive but
keeping a good arsenal is helping me fight designery crime. Its tough on the
frontier without front line & backup, (cue Good, Bad and the Ugly soundbite).
If it gets rowdy over there again, take cover, fire your rifle, send smoke
signal, I'll save the men.

dashes off into the sunset.
Serif Sprowl

trae — Thu, 20 Feb 2003 17:09:58 -0800

good advice but a little too late! Should've found some stoned subjects to try them out on outside of the office.

When you laugh alone...

sean — Thu, 20 Feb 2003 16:24:26 -0800

I've been muscled out of my possible Type Joke Moderator spot! |:< )

Tracy, I tried some these out in the real world already. All I can say is be careful!

-smc

trae — Thu, 20 Feb 2003 16:12:15 -0800

And I was so excited that I'd have material for happy hour Friday...

TYPE JOKES

sean — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:36:27 -0800

Sans to Serif; "Evolve already."

Is that a joke?

-smc