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Some of my Favourite Fonts

July 1, 2023June 21, 2023 Medic 0 Comments font, help I have too many fonts, ramble

Fonts are everywhere. Every single online word has a font associated to it. Whether we’re designing something new or are modernizing old artwork, there are millions of fonts to choose from. I currently have over 2000 fonts installed on my computer, to the point that I’ve broken the font list on Illustrator and can crash paint applications just by opening the font menu. However, while there are so many fonts, there’s also a selection of fonts that I like to back to, which look nice and professional. Gotham Gotham is the font we use for our official artwork. It’s… [Continue Reading]

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In Defense of Comic Sans

September 7, 2022September 1, 2022 Medic 0 Comments comic sans, font, random

There are a lot of things that, for various reasons, really seem to piss people off. Pineapple on pizza is one such example. People get so riled up about it, despite pineapple on pizza having been a thing for decades. Something else that gets hated on all the time is the font Comic Sans. Even before Undertale and that particular named character, there has always been a ton of hate when it comes to Comic Sans. And, as someone who does come from the designer world, some of those reasons are perfectly valid. But are we being too harsh? Or… [Continue Reading]

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The Lost Art Of Identifying A Font

July 15, 2020July 10, 2020 Medic 0 Comments font, random, TEXT, writing

I have far too many fonts installed on my little computer. I want to say over 9000, but it’s not quite that many. Including font variants and very similar fonts, it’s probably closer to about 7000? Either way, it’s a lot of fonts. Why do I have so many fonts though? Well, aside from fueling my addiction, sometimes I have to recreate artwork. After all, a low resolution image Knowing some obvious fonts. Of course, there are a lot of common fonts that everyone uses. I’m not just talking about Comic Sans or Papyrus either. Back in the days where… [Continue Reading]

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The Eternal Quest for More Fonts

June 17, 2019June 14, 2019 Medic 1 Comment addiction, font, fonts, writing

I have too many fonts. Too, too many fonts. As it stands, I have about 8000 files in my Fonts folder. It has reached a point where the drop down window in Adobe Illustrator no longer works, because I simply have too many fonts. Or it might be because there’s one or two corrupted mods in there somewhere and I’m too lazy to go through all 8000 fonts and find which one it is. These fonts cause issues in other programs too. I can’t change the font in Windows Movie Maker without causing a five minute hang and MS Paint… [Continue Reading]