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Inside Scoop: Fonts That Make You Look Lame

I know I always - or, regularly anyhow - gush about the scoop I get from Get-Known Guru Suzanne Falter-Barnes. But it's true - she never ceases to deliver the goods.

While pointing me to a quiz about - ready? - whether I'd make the cut as a guest on Oprah ( HA - as if! ) I got the bonus of finding Fonts That Make You Look Lame. written by Sheila Parr for the Greenleaf Publishing's Big Bad Book Blog.

Of course no blog would be worth its salt if it didn't tell us something about who writes it and about Sheila we learn:

Her favorite things are fine point Sharpies and breakfast tacos.

Funny. So their tone loudly announces that it doesn't take itself too seriously - as you probably figured out from the title of the Lame article - um - I mean the article about not looking lame.

Part of what Sheila posts is:

"Some fonts scream TACKY and others whisper amateur, but if you’re not a designer you probably have no idea if you’re committing a font felony.

"To protect yourself from snotty judgments about your taste and experience level, follow these two simple rules in all typed work: manuscripts, emails, proposals, and, of course, books."

RULE #1: Avoid the following five fonts at ALL costs,

1. Comic Sans. Unless you are writing a comic book or materials for a film adapted from a comic book (i.e., Sin City—great design) don’t use it.

 

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