Here’s a collection of fonts about jokes and graphic design found around the internet. (thanks to Tom Saaristo for emailing me this first joke)
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Four fonts walk into a bar.
The barman says, “Get out! We don’t want your type in here.”
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How many designers does it take to change a light bulb?
Couldn’t say–ask an account executive.
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How many web designers does it take to change a lightbulb?
Three. One to change the structure, one to update the style, and one to blog about the inadequate bulb support offered by today’s socket manufacturers.
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What font did the astrologist use to write the daily horoscopes?
Futura
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1st Designer: “Wow, you always have so many fonts, where do you get them from?”
2nd Designer: “Oh they come from Monaco, Geneva, Chicago, New York‚Ä
I get them delivered at various Times throughout the day‚Ä
“1st Designer: “By who?”
2nd Designer: “A Courier!”
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What did Helvetica say to Arial?
You’re such a copy cat.
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What did the horse say to Bordeaux?
Why the long type face?
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One font meets the other in Rome. He asks: “Hey, are you a roman too?” “No,” says the other, “but i’m an Italic!”
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A font walks up to Gill Sans and asks: “do you want to go out with me?”. But Gill Sans says “no”. “Why don’t you want to go out with me?” the other font asks. Gill Sans: “Because you’re Grotesque!”
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If you have anymore puns about fonts or jokes about graphic design, please leave them in the comments.
Is Arial really a copy of Helvetica? I’ve recently started appreciating Arial, as long as it’s bolded and at 8.5. I know a few designers who LOVE Helvetica and I never understood it until I started playing with the tiny but bold Arial.
great jokes. I’m rolling on the floor with laughter. Well, not really. But they still are very amusing. history of Arial: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arial basically, Microsoft ripped off Helvetica in 1982. What a surprise. Microsoft ripped off someone else’s work.
Arial lacks the refinement and diversity/assortment Helvetica does. While the differences are small, they can be appreciated. Helveticas upper case R for example. — Here’s my joke How do you get a web designer off of your front porch? PAY FOR YOUR PIZZA! haha
Thanx Fred Ouch that hurt
Times New Roman cowboy walks into town and shoots Helvetica and declares “There’s a new Serif in town”
Joke: comic sans
I shot the serif.
Hipster Ariel does a shout out to Helvetica: http://pull.imgfave.netdna-cdn.com/image_cache/1297210190764517.jpeg She also makes fun of Comic Sans: http://narwhaler.com/img/2w/v/hipster-mermaid-2F-hipster-ariel-2wVD97.jpg
Practice safe design: use a concept!