I think giving our opinion on typefaces is an important educational aspect of Typophile. If somebody doesn’t like a typeface and speaks his/her mind, the other can ask for clarification and — ta-daah — we are conducting a healthy critical discourse.
University Roman is often used to convey a ’classy’ feel by people with no aesthetic sense, ie amateurs with no design training, (not that all amateurs have no aesthetic sense, as not all designers with formal training have). But, having said that, it is so 70’s it is probably due for a comeback in a kitsch ironic way. Hopefully not though.
Here’s my opinion - This is my most detested font of all time. It’s disgusting, but I would be well pleased if any of my stuff were even a tenth as popular as this has been over the years.
There are some fonts of that ’vintage’ such as Hobo or Revue that are so bad they’re good and you can almost imagine using them... (maybe) ... but this one - gawd, I hope someone shoots me if I EVER use it for anything.
I wonder what my most detested font of all time would be... gotta think on that one.
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26.Oct.2006 12.23pm
University Roman (ugh)
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/university-roman/
26.Oct.2006 12.27pm
ugh?
thank you very much.
26.Oct.2006 12.46pm
Ugh! indeed.
Nick Cooke
26.Oct.2006 2.15pm
“Ugh”? I usually say “Urgh...” with an ’r’. Maybe it’s a non-native English speaker thingie. Or “Blech”, which covers it pretty much as well. :^P
26.Oct.2006 7.55pm
Sory Bryan - by ugh I meant that that font is really really dated and kitsch. No offense taken I hope. Sometimes I can’t help editorializing.
27.Oct.2006 12.52am
I think giving our opinion on typefaces is an important educational aspect of Typophile. If somebody doesn’t like a typeface and speaks his/her mind, the other can ask for clarification and — ta-daah — we are conducting a healthy critical discourse.
27.Oct.2006 2.43am
University Roman is often used to convey a ’classy’ feel by people with no aesthetic sense, ie amateurs with no design training, (not that all amateurs have no aesthetic sense, as not all designers with formal training have). But, having said that, it is so 70’s it is probably due for a comeback in a kitsch ironic way. Hopefully not though.
Here’s my opinion - This is my most detested font of all time. It’s disgusting, but I would be well pleased if any of my stuff were even a tenth as popular as this has been over the years.
Nick Cooke
27.Oct.2006 7.03am
Kind of the Papyrus of the 70s.
There are some fonts of that ’vintage’ such as Hobo or Revue that are so bad they’re good and you can almost imagine using them... (maybe) ... but this one - gawd, I hope someone shoots me if I EVER use it for anything.
I wonder what my most detested font of all time would be... gotta think on that one.