In Vancouver (and most likely everywhere else) Bleeding Cowboy is smothering 'trendy' salons and other related signage.
Maybe it's time we have graphic design as a licensed trade.
Dear Startups, Lobster is the new Comic Sans
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Re: Dear Startups, Lobster is the new Comic Sans
#62Comic Serif: http://idsgn.org/posts/comic-sans-comic-serif/
Nothing beats 'I hate comic sans': http://www.dafont.com/i-hate-comic-sans.font
Re: Dear Startups, Lobster is the new Comic Sans
#63I'm so glad someone pointed this out, but it's horribly ironic that the design of the blog and the header on there are god-awful.
Re: Dear Startups, Lobster is the new Comic Sans
#64Oy. Comic Sans isn't problematic because everyone uses it, it's problematic because it's a bad font. The kerning alone is reason enough not to use it. http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/why-you-hate-comic-sans/ By this author's logic we should all stop using Helvetica, too - it's way too common.
Lobster and Comic Sans are both highly stylized font-faces, Helvetica is not. It's okay for Helvetica to be common because it doesn't scream "Hey look at me, I'm Helvetica!" When non-stylized things become very common, it's usually because they're good all around choices: their popularity advances the field. When extremely stylized things become very common, it typically leads to embarrassment down the road. In music…
> It's okay for Helvetica to be common because it doesn't scream "Hey look at me, I'm Helvetica!"
But it does scream that at me.