Otto Maddox wrote:In reply to pete240z:
A lot of capitalization abuse in both signs.
Capitalization abuse, and exclamation mark abuse, too. One is all you need, people.
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Jan. 28, 2011 11:02 a.m. ZOO Dork
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Jan. 28, 2011 11:52 a.m. Brett_Murphy Reader
The same people who despise Comic Sans also seem to hate Arial. My response is that it comes with the computer and they are welcome to change the font on anything I send them.
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Jan. 28, 2011 5:20 p.m. Tim Baxter SuperDork
Arial is a pretty crappy copy of Helvetica, but if you don't have Helvetica (most people don't) or can't see the difference (most people can't) it gets the job done.
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Jan. 28, 2011 6:20 p.m. procainestart Dork
I'm not a Comic Sans hater -- there's a time and a place for every typeface.
To evolve this thread to a more automotive-related theme, check out this article about why/how the DOT changed the typeface for highway signs:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12fonts-t.html
To move back away from the automotive theme, the night-time "halation" effect discussed in the article is why, I think, it's hard to read white text on a black computer screen. (No, I don't buy the white-on-black yields the best contrast and therefore readability argument.)
