Comments on: 23 Really Bad Font Choices http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/ Graphic Design Studio and Blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:49:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: 23 Really Bad Font Choices | BonFX Design Studio http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-1649 23 Really Bad Font Choices | BonFX Design Studio Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:41:51 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-1649 [...] bedrijven. Het bijbehorende commentaar maakt het helemaal duidelijk (mocht dat nog niet zo zijn).23 Really Bad Font Choices | BonFX Design Studio. TweetTags: fonts, typografie Stop reactieLaat een reactie achterNaam *E-mail [...] [...] bedrijven. Het bijbehorende commentaar maakt het helemaal duidelijk (mocht dat nog niet zo zijn).23 Really Bad Font Choices | BonFX Design Studio. TweetTags: fonts, typografie Stop reactieLaat een reactie achterNaam *E-mail [...]

]]> By: CHT Enterprises http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 CHT Enterprises Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:53:15 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-1177 OMG. I hope these people were not guided by professional graphic designers! I will link this article to my blog. I'm doing a series on "Save Money On Print Advertising" Articles 4 and 5 are about Fonts, Typefaces and Legibility. All of us in profession need to do all we can to educate our clients. OMG. I hope these people were not guided by professional graphic designers! I will link this article to my blog. I’m doing a series on “Save Money On Print Advertising” Articles 4 and 5 are about Fonts, Typefaces and Legibility. All of us in profession need to do all we can to educate our clients.

]]> By: Douglas Bonneville http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 Douglas Bonneville Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:13:15 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-1008 @ Mary: Of course these are all fake. But I've seen some real ones that were funnier. They are just harder to find :) Besides, making them up is much more fun and is an excuse to use some fonts I've had for the very first time. Probably last too! @ Mary: Of course these are all fake. But I’ve seen some real ones that were funnier. They are just harder to find :)

Besides, making them up is much more fun and is an excuse to use some fonts I’ve had for the very first time. Probably last too!

]]> By: Mary http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-1007 Mary Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:10:47 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-1007 Real or not these were hilarious. Thank you for such a good laugh. Real or not these were hilarious. Thank you for such a good laugh.

]]> By: Douglas Bonneville http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-958 Douglas Bonneville Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:25:52 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-958 Never fear, Comic Sans will always be near... Never fear, Comic Sans will always be near…

]]> By: Web Design Maidstone http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-957 Web Design Maidstone Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:17:48 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-957 Great article, laughed my socks off.... surely there was a review of these choices before they unleashed them on the world?... that's why you go to a professional Great article, laughed my socks off…. surely there was a review of these choices before they unleashed them on the world?… that’s why you go to a professional

]]> By: Nick http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-956 Nick Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:15:12 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-956 Thank goodness Comic Sans made the cut...I was getting worried there for a second! Thank goodness Comic Sans made the cut…I was getting worried there for a second!

]]> By: Douglas Bonneville http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Douglas Bonneville Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:44:03 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-928 Wow Abby! You busted me. How embarrassing! Well, not that embarrassing. I'm hard to embarrass. But you certainly motivated me to fix that typo! If you scroll back up you'll see the corrected version! Some people just can't splel or cathc typso very wlle. :) Wow Abby! You busted me. How embarrassing! Well, not that embarrassing. I’m hard to embarrass. But you certainly motivated me to fix that typo! If you scroll back up you’ll see the corrected version! Some people just can’t splel or cathc typso very wlle. :)

]]> By: Abby http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-885 Abby Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:27:30 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-885 Is is just me, or is "playground" spelled "plyaground?" Is it intentional? If so, why? Is is just me, or is “playground” spelled “plyaground?” Is it intentional? If so, why?

]]> By: Douglas Bonneville http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Douglas Bonneville Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:49:41 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-839 I can make a few examples more if the 1 point is not clear :). I had 23 laughs making this! I can make a few examples more if the 1 point is not clear :) . I had 23 laughs making this!

]]> By: stuart anderson http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-838 stuart anderson Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:44:44 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-838 This is 1 point made 23 times. This is 1 point made 23 times.

]]> By: 23 Really Bad Font Choices | A Design Mafia http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-827 23 Really Bad Font Choices | A Design Mafia Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:09:53 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-827 [...] Really Bad Font Choices Posted by Douglas Bonneville on December 18, 2009 at 5:09 [...] [...] Really Bad Font Choices Posted by Douglas Bonneville on December 18, 2009 at 5:09 [...]

]]> By: Really bad font choices http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Really bad font choices Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:28:44 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-819 [...] Douglas Bonneville shows some hilarious epicfails in typography. Not real ones, but funny anyway. Enjoy the bad taste in font selection, click the link above. Epic fails in typography [...] [...] Douglas Bonneville shows some hilarious epicfails in typography. Not real ones, but funny anyway. Enjoy the bad taste in font selection, click the link above. Epic fails in typography [...]

]]> By: Boomsi http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Boomsi Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:42:25 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-817 haha...yesss, so that's what all of the crappy fonts we all have are for! haha…yesss, so that’s what all of the crappy fonts we all have are for!

]]> By: Bonita http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-815 Bonita Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:17:10 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-815 indeed!! scary stuff.. what I mostly don't get is how this got approved, and is currently being displayed on billboards along main highways.. :S perhaps they didn't take a look to see what their competitors were up to?! ..and they've got some major brands to compete with too, being in the medical insurance industry and all.. :O indeed!! scary stuff..

what I mostly don’t get is how this got approved, and is currently being displayed on billboards along main highways.. :S

perhaps they didn’t take a look to see what their competitors were up to?! ..and they’ve got some major brands to compete with too, being in the medical insurance industry and all.. :O

]]> By: Douglas Bonneville http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Douglas Bonneville Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:07:14 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-814 Bonita: Yikes...is that for real? It looks like someone for whom health care is no longer an issue designed that logo...as a finale in a design career cut short! Bonita: Yikes…is that for real? It looks like someone for whom health care is no longer an issue designed that logo…as a finale in a design career cut short!

]]> By: Bonita http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Bonita Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:42:06 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-813 big LOLZ!! take a look at this one.. "Key Health Medical Scheme".. they've got billboards up and the whole lot.. :O http://mmsa.momentum.co.za/mmsa/KeyHealth/default.jsp let me know whether you would take them seriously..?! big LOLZ!!

take a look at this one.. “Key Health Medical Scheme”.. they’ve got billboards up and the whole lot.. :O http://mmsa.momentum.co.za/mmsa/KeyHealth/default.jsp let me know whether you would take them seriously..?!

]]> By: Douglas Bonneville http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Douglas Bonneville Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:08:43 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-812 Hi Ryan: The swimming one was the first one I did, actually. I was going through my font manager and came across that goodie of a font (Aarcover?) and wondered on earth I keep it for. I think I always had in the back of my mind I'd use it for a joke design someday :). Hi Ryan: The swimming one was the first one I did, actually. I was going through my font manager and came across that goodie of a font (Aarcover?) and wondered on earth I keep it for. I think I always had in the back of my mind I’d use it for a joke design someday :) .

]]> By: Douglas Bonneville http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-811 Douglas Bonneville Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:06:59 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-811 Hi Keith: Thanks for the kind words. I love the Flander's website - I hadn't thought of that parallel, but it's certainly the same idea. It's easier to explain good design by showing bad design. I'd add that mediocre design is the hardest to spot. Both really good and really bad can be spotted from far away! Hi Keith: Thanks for the kind words. I love the Flander’s website – I hadn’t thought of that parallel, but it’s certainly the same idea. It’s easier to explain good design by showing bad design. I’d add that mediocre design is the hardest to spot. Both really good and really bad can be spotted from far away!

]]> By: Ryan Duritsa http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Ryan Duritsa Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:03:55 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-810 These are all good, Douglas, but the "Let's go swimming" is flat out hysterical. Nicely done! :) These are all good, Douglas, but the “Let’s go swimming” is flat out hysterical. Nicely done! :)

]]> By: Keith http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Keith Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:42:46 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-808 It's sometimes difficult for people without an "eye" to recognise good design, but most people can spot the bad or downright awful. This post is great example of teaching good design by demonstrating bad design -- rather like Vincent Flanders's Web Pages That Suck: http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/ It’s sometimes difficult for people without an “eye” to recognise good design, but most people can spot the bad or downright awful. This post is great example of teaching good design by demonstrating bad design — rather like Vincent Flanders’s Web Pages That Suck: http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/

]]> By: 23 Really Bad Font Choices | Design Newz http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-807 23 Really Bad Font Choices | Design Newz Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:01:57 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-807 [...] 23 Really Bad Font Choices [...] [...] 23 Really Bad Font Choices [...]

]]> By: Hassan http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-800 Hassan Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:33:52 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-800 hire me... No (o_O) nice one, Nice post, harry up with vol.2 hire me… No (o_O) nice one,
Nice post, harry up with vol.2

]]> By: wparena http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-796 wparena Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:02:17 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-796 fun to consider these tips...now will keep in mind these techniques fun to consider these tips…now will keep in mind these techniques

]]> By: Douglas Bonneville http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Douglas Bonneville Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:02:19 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-793 Hi Boomsi: I guess I could have made this one better. The thought was the phrase "hi-tech" mixed with a 70's tech font. Decidedly NOT hi-tech by today's standards. My Bad!! I had a lot of fun making this post...looking forward to Vol. 2 :). Hi Boomsi: I guess I could have made this one better. The thought was the phrase “hi-tech” mixed with a 70′s tech font. Decidedly NOT hi-tech by today’s standards. My Bad!!

I had a lot of fun making this post…looking forward to Vol. 2 :) .

]]> By: Boomsi http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Boomsi Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:53:11 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-792 Fun post... however, execution aside...the example using "Computer Shack" didn't seem so inappropriate to me. Fun post…
however, execution aside…the example using “Computer Shack” didn’t seem so inappropriate to me.

]]> By: Douglas Bonneville http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Douglas Bonneville Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:55:37 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-783 Hi Abaloo: This WAS fun to make. Now it's clear to me what all those fonts I never use are really for...posts like this! Hi Abaloo: This WAS fun to make. Now it’s clear to me what all those fonts I never use are really for…posts like this!

]]> By: Douglas Bonneville http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-782 Douglas Bonneville Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:58:49 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-782 Hi Paul: That "Shining" recut is hilarious! Putting that Peter Gabriel track (I forget the name) over Jack Nicholson's character is a perfect audio example of what I'm talking about! Too funny and quite apropo! Hi Paul: That “Shining” recut is hilarious! Putting that Peter Gabriel track (I forget the name) over Jack Nicholson’s character is a perfect audio example of what I’m talking about! Too funny and quite apropo!

]]> By: paul http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-780 paul Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:51:29 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-780 Excellent post, you've really given great examples. Actually it reminds me of a similar concept (The Shining Recut) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmkVWuP_sO0 Excellent post, you’ve really given great examples.
Actually it reminds me of a similar concept (The Shining Recut)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmkVWuP_sO0

]]> By: Abaloo http://bonfx.com/23-really-bad-font-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Abaloo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:11:26 +0000 http://bonfx.com/?p=1552#comment-776 Haha love it. Great bit of fun and point well made :) Haha love it. Great bit of fun and point well made :)

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