Typography Lover Gifts

Italica

"A committee designed the logo."

'Very good and to the point.'

"It's spelled A-N-G-E-L-S. Why?"

Try a new font

I never know what to expect from those guys --- they're pretty loopy!

"Sans serif would give it a cleaner, more modern look."

School of Arts and Sciences.

'Well, what do you know? I guess I made one helluva misprint on these flyers.'

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

'Gerroff...you're not my type!'

'Oooooooo. . . Run away!'

'They didn't misspell it. . . they just got it backwards.'

Bada bing bada boom!

Please Sign the Visitors Book

Unknown historical typos: Isaac Newton presser, 1687

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

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

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

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

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

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

'Nice graphics.'

The Graphic Designers EYE EXAM

Writer breaks in new electric typewriter.

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

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

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

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

'I'm going to dictate a stern letter of reprimand for Watkins, but let's soften the blow with a Comic Sans font.'

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

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

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