This is not strictly a type story or even a joke, but it did happened while type was being stripped into a paste-up.
the layout artist cut his finger. Very badly with the Xacto Knife.
The hovering art director was very fortunately able to jump in and deftly snatch the art boards away before the bleeding artist got blood all over them.
Craig, that split my jaws from ear to ear! Were I 20 years younger I'd said "LOL"!
(Just the other week I told a funny to a 20 yr younger girl, tryin' to impress her with my Adult Wit. It was a kind of letdown she actually said "lol".)
Well, this is not a joke. It actually happend but it's funny and it envolves a font...
A close friend of mine is a type designer (we will be refering to him as Al) met a nice girl at a party and started going out with her. She told him that she was moving to another city in a week so they shouldn't fall in love. He agreed.
A few days before she leaves I ran into Al and asked him how he was. I know he is the kind of guy who easily falls in love. He told me he was ok, that he is well aware of the girl's situation and that he is not in love with her.
Two days after she left Al showed me a new font he was working on.
I said to him: "Al, you are such a liar! I told you, she told you and everybody told you not to fall in love with her!!"
"But I'm not in loved!" he replied.
To what I said: "Al, you named your font after her..."
5 Jul 2011 — 2:29pm
Normally I am opposed to censorship but not having seen anything explicit written here I shall concede!
5 Jul 2011 — 2:34pm
A typography teacher I had bought a jacket the had KE on one side of the zipper and RN on the other.
Here is something along the same lines...
8 Jul 2011 — 6:17am
From Clients From Hell: http://bit.ly/pgR1QL
1 Aug 2011 — 11:35pm
Movie title
Friends with Benefits (2011)
Type joke at
~19:40 (delivered by Woody Harrelson)
24 Aug 2011 — 1:46pm
LOL!!!!! from the blog http://hoveringartdirectors.tumblr.com
http://hoveringartdirectors.tumblr.com/post/5394808735/f-r-o-m-m-c-q-t-w...
24 Aug 2011 — 7:01pm
funny.
This is not strictly a type story or even a joke, but it did happened while type was being stripped into a paste-up.
the layout artist cut his finger. Very badly with the Xacto Knife.
The hovering art director was very fortunately able to jump in and deftly snatch the art boards away before the bleeding artist got blood all over them.
24 Aug 2011 — 7:56pm
@wmuench: You mean this one?
24 Aug 2011 — 8:18pm
Been there, Russ ;-)
24 Aug 2011 — 11:10pm
Standard Veer. A friend bough it, it was too big for her, so I got the gift. Thanks Leigh.
7 Sep 2011 — 11:57am
Helvetica Bold Oblique sweeps Fontys
7 Sep 2011 — 2:35pm
Nice to see the Onion is hip to our thing ;-)
7 Sep 2011 — 4:04pm
...a jacket the had KE on one side of the zipper and RN on the other.
I have a Fontzone shirt with 'Warning: kerning in progress' helpful written on the back.
15 Sep 2011 — 8:39am
I’m Comic Sans, asshole.
14 Oct 2011 — 4:18pm
15 Oct 2011 — 12:03am
F gold. Was that original material?
15 Oct 2011 — 3:08am
Craig, that split my jaws from ear to ear! Were I 20 years younger I'd said "LOL"!
(Just the other week I told a funny to a 20 yr younger girl, tryin' to impress her with my Adult Wit. It was a kind of letdown she actually said "lol".)
15 Oct 2011 — 4:11am
No, I saw it on Facebook.
15 Oct 2011 — 9:56am
The internet memes that involve type are the best ones. Also funny(ish).
http://typographerryangosling.tumblr.com/
15 Oct 2011 — 10:42am
Were you 20 years younger you probably would have missed the reference!
15 Oct 2011 — 12:48pm
Were you 20 years younger you probably wouldn't know to use the subjunctive like that, either. :^)
16 Oct 2011 — 11:10am
Not actually a joke:
17 Oct 2011 — 1:37pm
Well, this is not a joke. It actually happend but it's funny and it envolves a font...
A close friend of mine is a type designer (we will be refering to him as Al) met a nice girl at a party and started going out with her. She told him that she was moving to another city in a week so they shouldn't fall in love. He agreed.
A few days before she leaves I ran into Al and asked him how he was. I know he is the kind of guy who easily falls in love. He told me he was ok, that he is well aware of the girl's situation and that he is not in love with her.
Two days after she left Al showed me a new font he was working on.
I said to him: "Al, you are such a liar! I told you, she told you and everybody told you not to fall in love with her!!"
"But I'm not in loved!" he replied.
To what I said: "Al, you named your font after her..."
19 Oct 2011 — 8:16am
Daniel Sans
19 Oct 2011 — 4:54pm
Comic Sans walks into a bar. The bartender says, "We don't serve your type."
19 Oct 2011 — 11:38pm
Comic Sans walks into the Better Business Bureau. The bureau says "We don't want any Funny Business here!"
20 Oct 2011 — 1:29pm
Did you make that up?
20 Oct 2011 — 1:43pm
Vince Connare walks into a bar and orders a drink. Several other customers pack up their things and leave.
"What's that all about?", I asked the barkeeper. "Well", he said, "some people just don't like his type."
20 Oct 2011 — 1:55pm
Yes, Christopher! I always write my own stuff, I just can't help it--it just happens!
22 Oct 2011 — 11:41am
How I Met Your Mother, Season 7, Episode 6, 12:40 = font joke.
30 Oct 2011 — 11:05am
1 Nov 2011 — 4:12pm
... my Adult Wit ...
On further reflection it might have exposed me as A Dull Twit.
7 Dec 2011 — 4:39pm
From http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3625/3344387263_3d5d5d5a15_o.jpg
8 Dec 2011 — 6:33am
In a few years the cartoonist will be hailed as a visionary.
8 Dec 2011 — 6:52am
Té, it will be interesting to find the originator of the idea (admitting it was a single person): http://typophile.com/node/75092
8 Dec 2011 — 8:46am
How do you fix fraktur? Ductus tape.
hhp
8 Dec 2011 — 10:23am
How do you fix fwackur? DONALD Ductus Tape ;-)
16 Jan 2012 — 8:24am
This looks promising: https://twitter.com/#!/ShtDesignersSay
20 Jan 2012 — 2:05pm
From http://www.moss.fm/post/1591379226/i-am-a-graphic-designer-and-in-my-con...
23 Jan 2012 — 6:07am
Zero walks up to 8 and says, "Nice belt!"
23 Jan 2012 — 10:31am
Infinity says, "I feel like I could go on forever."
23 Jan 2012 — 11:24am
Zero Frutiger Light walks up to 8 Frutiger Black and says, "Nice Black belt!"
28 Jan 2012 — 6:30am
I'm a big fan of The Perry Bible Fellowship. Heres a typography-related comic:
6 Feb 2012 — 3:10am
Were I to make a font by hijacking glyphs from all over the Kingthings fonts, would that be a King's Ransom?
10 Feb 2012 — 8:15am
Today's xkcd
10 Feb 2012 — 10:44am
Snh. Snh. Snh.
10 Feb 2012 — 2:08pm
From http://shirt.woot.com. I posted a link previously, but here’s the picture in case the link gets borken in the future.
11 Feb 2012 — 2:34am
*groan* I just got a house-painting flashback...
11 Feb 2012 — 8:15am
Paint the fence!
26 Feb 2012 — 4:25pm
If fonts were cats
26 Feb 2012 — 11:33pm