Typo Master Gifts

'Hello, Acme signs? This is the Berger & Coles Law Office...'

Italica

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

'Very good and to the point.'

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

'No, boss, this isn't a secret code. My spell check is broken and this is what my typing actually looks like.'

"Look, look … someone wrote unoperable."

'How can you make so many mistakes in one report?'

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

"I think contests are good, but instead of a "find the typos" contest, you should get someone to read your text."

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

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

School of Arts and Sciences.

Unknown historical typos: Isaac Newton presser, 1687

'Your new book is full of mistakes: the critics will have a field day.'

"By the way, there is only one 'L' in 'over-qualified'."

"I'm hooking up with this guy who makes the funniest typos."

'Sorry.. I don't date lower-case types.'

The origins of bullet points.

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

"The tweet you posted last night struck a chord around the world, united all factions, and basically altered the course of humanity."

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

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

"Reviving the old all type, eh?"

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

Turkey Dinner and gravity

An old-fashioned printer using an Albion press.

"In your skill set I see that you listed, 'Proofleader.'"

Homes of the font designers