Word to the wise from a former typographer

[jesse_the_k]

perhaps that's better expressed, "Once a typographer, forever a typographer..."

Enforcement kit from the Design Police

Funny and way-too-useful bright red stickers with helpful messages like

Turn off hyphenation

Consult a typographer

Comic Sans is illegal

The inch glyph is not a speech mark

Comments

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

ETA: Also, EXTREME ICON LOVE.

[jesse_the_k]

I solicited some CSS-magic for my personal style sheet which would forcefully substitute another font for any appearances of Comic Sans. Thems As Knows said it wouldn't be possible. So sad.

And darn, I had forgotten to credit the fabulous iconsbycurtana for the great Anna icons ... she's got more in these posts:

http://iconsbycurtana.livejournal.com/27246.html

http://iconsbycurtana.livejournal.com/28164.html

(runs off to add the credit lines in my profile...)

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Someone on my f-list recently espied Comic Sans on an electronic device (something to do with troubleshooting hardware). It's everywhere, it's everywhere!