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"The desktop skills test was a little worrying,56% couldn't manage 'Word' 75% were confused by 'Excel' and 43% wanted to know what channel 'Eastenders' was on."

'Don't worry. I'm not charging you for the extra lettering.'

"Who's the idiot who filed Phil under F?"

"This alphabet soup is in Times New Roman. I ordered Segoe Script! May I please speak to the chef?"

'Why is it when you hit two keys by mistake, the one you don't want appears on the screen?'

"Oh, it's not just the sign. Everything here is set in Comic Sans."

'Yes, we can get all this into your ad, but we'll have to set the copy in 0.00005 point type.'

Writer breaks in new electric typewriter.

The origins of bullet points.

'It's a nice font but before deciding we'd really like to see your font library.'

The most important part of your job application. Font selection.

My Mom texted me to let me know she hates all the fonts she saw this week.

"Reviving the old all type, eh?"

"Yeah, the Declaration of Independence is beautiful! What font is that?"

"What about your precious opposable thumbs now?"

An old-fashioned printer using an Albion press.

Homes of the font designers

'I think maybe the spell checker wore out.'

Snail Writer

'Your texting addiction sticks out like a sore thumb.'

'Brother Mendel, I loved reading your Christmas letter!'

'Shoot! I left a bunch of @#&%@!!** typographical symbols around here somewhere!'

'Type the following as fast as you can!'

'Have you considered your x-height?'

I type 90 words per minute and shred even faster!

"Then it's agreed. I'll send you a lieutenant in exchange for a clerk typist and a staff sergeant."

'See that letter from Jones and Company? Nicely typed.' - 'Good grammar too.'

"This is a very bad sign!"

'Your resume is certainly memorable. You used a different font for every other word you wrote.'

'Sorry about some of the punctuation -- I haven't learned the top row of the keyboard yet.'

"Whoa! Check out the kerning on that!"

'I see you've used the typeface my ex-wife used when she faxed to tell me she had run off with her ski instructor...'