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Thu 2010-02-11 23:44
Typography snobbery

Dear My Bank,

When you send me a letter, please either sign it with an actual person's signature, or do not bother at all. Printing somebody's name at the bottom of the letter in Brush Script where a signature ought to be is much, much worse than either.

No love,

Simon.

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[personal profile] uitlanderFri 2010-02-12 06:27
Could have been worse, could have been Comic Sans...
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[personal profile] simontFri 2010-02-12 09:07
That would admittedly have been worse, but thankfully not that likely. To stand in for a signature, people will be looking for handwritingy fonts that look cursive, not ones that look like printing.

I'm not sure I can think of a font in that category which is more clichéd and tacky than Brush Script :-/
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[identity profile] hoiho.livejournal.comFri 2010-02-12 09:41
Papyrus?
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[identity profile] samholloway.livejournal.comFri 2010-02-12 12:57
Snap! I was about to write just the same thing. :-)
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[identity profile] samholloway.livejournal.comFri 2010-02-12 12:58
Wingdings!
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[identity profile] eponymousarchon.livejournal.comFri 2010-02-12 17:22
Could be much worse. I had an original mac with San Francisco as a default font:

http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000b5bc0a



(edited because I cocked-up)
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[identity profile] eponymousarchon.livejournal.comFri 2010-02-12 17:32
Oh wow - there's even an actual (modern) copy - true-type, not bitmap!

http://www.fontage.com/pages/stfranci.html

Well, I'm happy now. :)
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