An aside: I have been known to remark that Calibri is the bastard child of Helvetica and Comic Sans. When you put them side-by-side (Helvetica Neue — Calibri — Comic Sans), the familial resemblance comes out...pic.twitter.com/nIcOVcLLZ2
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An aside: I have been known to remark that Calibri is the bastard child of Helvetica and Comic Sans. When you put them side-by-side (Helvetica Neue — Calibri — Comic Sans), the familial resemblance comes out...pic.twitter.com/nIcOVcLLZ2
Are you as much of a typography nut as I am? I have been ever since I was a kid.
Alex Wellerstein Retweeted Alex Wellerstein
I've been doing graphic design for many years so it is hard not to notice it. I try not to be a terrible snob about it. But really poor typeface choices make me die inside. Like the time Pakistan put its stencil upside down on a missile:https://twitter.com/wellerstein/status/721479372721532929 …
Alex Wellerstein added,
Honest question. What typeface choice would you suggest for garden-variety business documents right now? All the usual choices seem terrible right now.
I need to know the answer to this question. Especially for email!
My personal feelings on e-mail is to just Keep It Simple. Arial works fine. I don't think e-mail is the place to try and impress people with typefaces, personally. Most e-mails I get with non-standard typefaces are some form of spam or advertising anyway.
Agreed. And I hate multiple-font signature blocks; too showy. I was just curious whether you thought TNR was more appropriate for business email.
I think TNR is basically only good for undergraduate paper drafts and amateur signs ("OUT OF ORDER") at this point. It's "default" status has kind of ruined it in terms of associations. I would not use it in e-mail.
And as an aside I think it is very interesting that it is the typeface used by the Trump campaign. There is something very profound about them using the default typeface whereas the Obama campaign used Gotham (a super well-designed typeface based on NYC signage).pic.twitter.com/HnviEY0xwf
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