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It is? (Bad Pun Warning)

From the 9/11 commission report

Bin Ladin and Islamist terrorists mean exactly what they say: to them America is the font of all evil, the “head of the snake,” and it must be converted or destroyed.

And all this time I thought it was Garamound! Does Helvetica at least get a mention?

posted @ 7/23/2004 3:29:00 PM

Comments

Sekimori says:

on 7/23/2004 7:04:00 PM

Dude, it's totally Comic Sans, ask anyone.

Dean Esmay says:

on 7/23/2004 11:02:00 PM

"Font of all evil" is a variation on "Fount of all evil" and is perfectly valid usage. See http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=font

;-)

Sekimori says:

on 7/24/2004 12:03:00 AM

Oh dear gods, it was a joke.

Sissy Willis says:

on 7/24/2004 6:23:00 AM

You want evil fonts? Try Gate Keeper AOE:

"The GateKeeper typeface was inspired by old horror movies, and the various poster typography that went with some of them. A loose and pointy typestyle, GateKeeper embodies the dark side of typography and life, with a creepy and on edge feeling. With large and small capitals, it is easy to exchange cases in events of double characters, which can lend for a very interesting offbeat quality. Usable for any ocassion, but most suitable for dark matter."

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/astigmatic/gate-keeper-aoe/

Note: Why no HTML? It makes comments so much prettier and more functionally elegant. Hmmmm.

TC-LeatherPenguin says:

on 7/24/2004 7:03:00 AM

The font of all evil is Courier. It tries to catch you with its siren song of "your output will look just like a typewriter." Its millenium, milieu and meme has been crushed and now it's worked its way into the New Age of Fonts That Fit. Shun the beasty.

TC-LeatherPenguin says:

on 7/24/2004 7:04:00 AM

that should be "have been crushed." The Joe DiMaggio hasn't got the coffee flowing yet.

Sekimori says:

on 7/24/2004 9:05:00 AM

I have that beat, Sissy:

<a href="http://www.waldenfont.com/fontviewns.asp?fontset=7" target="_blank">Gnomos from Walden Fonts</a>

<blockquote>"Here we have a gnarled and twisted hand that was used on an actual spell, which which was found tucked under the beams of a 16th century house in southern Germany. The incantation was wrapped around a fossil belemnite (also known as a “thunderbolt”) Evidently this protected the house from getting hit by lightning. There are brown stains on the ancient parchment, which could be blood."</blockquote>

Muwahahahahaha!!!

Sekimori says:

on 7/24/2004 9:06:00 AM

Wow, look at all that exposed html...which proves I have an instruction-reading disorder. *sigh*

Robb Allen says:

on 7/24/2004 9:15:00 AM

Maybe I should make it red, bold, and blinking? ;)

.Text doesn't allow HTML and I'd love to rewrite the code. but I just don't have tons of time.

And yes, Gnomos is fugly!

Nathan says:

on 7/25/2004 11:13:00 AM

I thought Webdings were the font of evil. At least, *I* can't read 'em...

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