someone from school shared this on facebook and i wanted to post it here. It's an article from the new york times about inaccurate or unpleasant typefaces used in different public places or in movies/tv shows. it's pretty entertaining to read about how designers notice type mistakes
Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists
My favorite quote from the whole article. Said by Michael Bierut of Pentagram:
One of his (least) favorite examples is the Cooper Black typeface on the Mass sign outside a beautifully restored 1885 Carpenter Gothic church near his weekend home in Cape May Point, New Jersey. “Cooper Black is a perfectly good font, but in my mind it is a fat, happy font associated with the logo for the ‘National Lampoon,’ the sleeve of the Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ album and discount retailers up and down the U.S.,” Mr. Bierut explained. “I wouldn’t choose it as a font for St. Agnes Church even as a joke. Every time I go by, my vacation is, for a moment, ruined.”
read the whole article here
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