Bad Typefaces...
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- those0
thank you all...
- stewart0
let's have a look in my suitcase
Bank Gothic
Dax
Interstate
Matrix Script
Quadraat Sans
Bleh!
- honest0
I don't mind DIN too much, but you are right about it becoming more commonplace like Meta was a couple of years back. I particularly hate the @ symbol in DIN as it looks like someone got hold of poor lowercase D and molested it.
I also hate any typeface with straight lines for J's and any typeface whose numbers don't comply with the rest of the alphabet's baseline rules.
It ain't big and it certainly ain't clever so pack it in the lot of you!
- snuggles0
DIN is only nice in all caps, like Madvillain..
- JazX0
I particularly hate the @ symbol in DIN as it looks like someone got hold of poor lowercase D and molested it.
honest
(Jun 17 05, 07:13)rofl! hahaa
- Engage_London0
there is more bad usage than bad typefaceage
- Typographica0
There are indeed many awful faces, regardless of use, and many have been mentioned, but I have been pleasantly surprised by some fonts that I thought were inherently bad. The last was a nice use of Belwe, which is usually throw up.
- nick0
neuropol
jokerman
logger
- Typographica0
Wish I could find that use. Will keep looking.
Would be nice to see some links to uses of these "bad" fonts that are actually appropriate.
- snuggles0
Logger is awesome, I have lost all respect for you nick :(
- welded0
I don't mind Gill Sans, but I *hate* the Ultra Bold weight. Oi!
- NegativeSpace0
I like gill sans regular and light, but the lack of consistancy across all the weights in makes it really annoying so in that respect I do not like it.
I agree 100% with Avant Garde Alternates, tired of seeing that.
Copperplate
- SteveJobs0
helvetica
garamond
verdanaspongebob
(Jun 17 05, 07:05)i don't think that being tired of a typeface qualifies it as a bad typeface. those first two faces are works of art and have been used excessively world wide. the fact that you don't like them doesn't change, nor will it change that.
- skt0
Impact. Fuck off.
- save0
Door Jam!!!
- elms0
sand
- kevincoffey0
arial