Typographist Gifts

Francis Picabia

"Your soup is delicious. The broth perfectly compliments the font."

Italica

Woman holds report: 'This has so many different fonts in it, I thougt it was a ransom note.'

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

Sign Reform

'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?"

“The two spaces after a period were a dead giveaway.”

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

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

'Nice graphics.'

'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?'

The Graphic Designers EYE EXAM

Foodies at a Diner. We'll have the alphabet soup, unless it's Helvetica or Times New Roman.

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

'I told you. . . H not S!'

Unknown historical typos: Isaac Newton presser, 1687

Wussapalooka

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

Just don't mention his size. He's so case-sensitive. D D d

School of Arts and Sciences.

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

'So, the memo said, 'twenty-one gnu salute' huh?'

The origins of bullet points.

Alphabet Soup: Now in a bold new font.

'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.

Ignore that guy - He thinks he deserves attention because he's italicized. I.

Texting. Hardware. Software. Plans. Most of our business comes from word-of-thumb.

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

I've given up on my youthful dreams of having a big income, a big house and a big car. At this point, I've settled for having a BIG FONT.

"Reviving the old all type, eh?"

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