Typography Detectives Prints

Check out the tuitions on these college brochures. Let's see. $50,000 a year, plus fees?! If college professors are so bleepin' brilliant � You'd think they'd have fixed such a glaring typo! It is fixed. Against us!

"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.'

'I think there was a typo in the lab instructions.'

'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?"

'Nice graphics.'

The Graphic Designers EYE EXAM

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

Unknown historical typos: Isaac Newton presser, 1687

Francis Picabia

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

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

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

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

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

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

School of Arts and Sciences.

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

The origins of bullet points.

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

Alphabet Soup: Now in a bold new font.

"Reviving the old all type, eh?"

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

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.

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

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.

An old-fashioned printer using an Albion press.

"Why is this certificate all wet?"