Comments on: Hate the “Avatar” Font? It Could Be Worse. http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/12/28/hate-the-avatar-font-it-could-be-worse/ Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:53:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: C. Massey http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/12/28/hate-the-avatar-font-it-could-be-worse/#comment-14420 C. Massey Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:25:10 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=12345#comment-14420 Caleb, the answer to that is that some people have so little going on upstairs that complaining vehemently about absolutely nothing is the only thing their puerile minds can come up with to waste time they could spend doing, well, anything else useful or even remotely productive. Or sleeping, which would at least keep them off the internet for a few hours. When I saw the font I thought, "Wow. That's kind of a weird choice," and then promptly forgot it forever; the way a normally functioning human would, instead of deciding to waste days writhing in agony over it and actually posting things getting horribly upset over a font. I mean, for god's sake people. Seriously? Caleb, the answer to that is that some people have so little going on upstairs that complaining vehemently about absolutely nothing is the only thing their puerile minds can come up with to waste time they could spend doing, well, anything else useful or even remotely productive. Or sleeping, which would at least keep them off the internet for a few hours.
When I saw the font I thought, “Wow. That’s kind of a weird choice,” and then promptly forgot it forever; the way a normally functioning human would, instead of deciding to waste days writhing in agony over it and actually posting things getting horribly upset over a font.
I mean, for god’s sake people. Seriously?

]]> By: erik_satie_rollerblading http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/12/28/hate-the-avatar-font-it-could-be-worse/#comment-14294 erik_satie_rollerblading Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:32:51 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=12345#comment-14294 OMG! I can't believe Overthinking It has a post on the best posts of 2009! One would think, with all the time spent on designing a website, that they would avoid such a hack, overused topic. Aren't you sick of all the 2009 lists? And this title font they use. Whats that supposed to be,a poor man's Courier? I mean,really, typewriters are beyond obsolete! They might as well use Comic Sans!! Or Avatar, excuse me, Papyrus! OMG! I can’t believe Overthinking It has a post on the best posts of 2009! One would think, with all the time spent on designing a website, that they would avoid such a hack, overused topic. Aren’t you sick of all the 2009 lists? And this title font they use. Whats that supposed to be,a poor man’s Courier? I mean,really, typewriters are beyond obsolete! They might as well use Comic Sans!! Or Avatar, excuse me, Papyrus!

]]> By: donn http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/12/28/hate-the-avatar-font-it-could-be-worse/#comment-14269 donn Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:07:58 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=12345#comment-14269 If high fructose corn syrup were rare we'd revere it like shark fin soup, instead of which it's everywhere and we despise it like shark fin soup. There's nothing inherently bad about the font, it's just used far too broadly as shorthand for organic/upscale and consequently denotes exactly the opposite. If high fructose corn syrup were rare we’d revere it like shark fin soup, instead of which it’s everywhere and we despise it like shark fin soup. There’s nothing inherently bad about the font, it’s just used far too broadly as shorthand for organic/upscale and consequently denotes exactly the opposite.

]]> By: Genevieve http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/12/28/hate-the-avatar-font-it-could-be-worse/#comment-14238 Genevieve Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:56:11 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=12345#comment-14238 I take comfort in the image of some snotty designers saying to themselves, "James Cameron won't know the difference - let's take that fool's money and just tweak that lame "papyrus" font a bit, hehehehehehe!" I take comfort in the image of some snotty designers saying to themselves, “James Cameron won’t know the difference – let’s take that fool’s money and just tweak that lame “papyrus” font a bit, hehehehehehe!”

]]> By: Marmaduke http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/12/28/hate-the-avatar-font-it-could-be-worse/#comment-14225 Marmaduke Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:22:12 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=12345#comment-14225 The font technically isn't papyrus but they used it as a template for a new, innovative, million dollar creation (ok it probably cost them like fifteen minutes of tweaking time) as was the film's on going theme. http://adambalsam.com/papyrus-really The font technically isn’t papyrus but they used it as a template for a new, innovative, million dollar creation (ok it probably cost them like fifteen minutes of tweaking time) as was the film’s on going theme.

http://adambalsam.com/papyrus-really

]]> By: stokes http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/12/28/hate-the-avatar-font-it-could-be-worse/#comment-14216 stokes Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:59:31 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=12345#comment-14216 It occurs to me... judging from the movie, we have no reason to believe that the Navi have a written language, right? Makes the dippy font all the more rediculous. It occurs to me… judging from the movie, we have no reason to believe that the Navi have a written language, right? Makes the dippy font all the more rediculous.

]]> By: Heavens.Feel http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/12/28/hate-the-avatar-font-it-could-be-worse/#comment-14203 Heavens.Feel Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:49:11 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=12345#comment-14203 The poster says "from the director of Titanic" like it's something to be proud of. The poster says “from the director of Titanic” like it’s
something to be proud of.

]]> By: bitter.sweet asian http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/12/28/hate-the-avatar-font-it-could-be-worse/#comment-14199 bitter.sweet asian Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:41:19 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=12345#comment-14199 i loled and rofled i loled and rofled

]]> By: Caleb http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/12/28/hate-the-avatar-font-it-could-be-worse/#comment-14195 Caleb Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:31:34 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=12345#comment-14195 I don't see how calling Papyrus artificial explains people's distaste for it. All fonts are artificial. In fact, given the attempt of the Papyrus font to appear natural, it ends up looking much less artificial against the background of Pandora than something like Arial or Helvetica would. I don’t see how calling Papyrus artificial explains people’s distaste for it. All fonts are artificial. In fact, given the attempt of the Papyrus font to appear natural, it ends up looking much less artificial against the background of Pandora than something like Arial or Helvetica would.

]]> By: donn http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/12/28/hate-the-avatar-font-it-could-be-worse/#comment-14187 donn Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:04:38 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=12345#comment-14187 "Papyrus is a typeface designed by Chris Costello, a prolific graphic designer, illustrator, and web designer ... Costello described his goal as a font that would represent what English vernacular would have looked like if written on papyrus 2000 years ago." -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_(typeface) “Papyrus is a typeface designed by Chris Costello, a prolific graphic designer, illustrator, and web designer … Costello described his goal as a font that would represent what English vernacular would have looked like if written on papyrus 2000 years ago.” -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_(typeface)

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