# Font Humor **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154 "2008-07-29T22:18:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/1 "2008-07-29T22:18:07Z")
I didn’t believe that you could make font humor, but I was wrong. So, for fans of fonts I present [Font Conference.](http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766) ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/2 "2008-07-29T22:29:08Z")
😛😛😛 Mailbox. Open Mailbox. 😛😛😛 ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/3 "2008-07-29T23:30:31Z")
That was terrific! I was certain the dude with the clown suit was gonna be Comic Sans though. (Anyone else think ‘Times New Roman’ seemed like a young, bald Dave Foley?) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/4 "2008-07-30T00:36:40Z")
They left out my favorite . . . Old Dreadful #7. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/5 "2008-07-30T00:39:39Z")
Oh, there are so many options to choose from. A bride as Nuptial Script, A European tuxedo clad Monaco, A policeman as Copperplate… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/6 "2008-07-30T02:00:32Z")
Holy crud, that was awesome!! (heh, I put it into Arial Black) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/7 "2008-07-30T06:47:32Z")
And our own Lynn Bodoni could have made an appearance. But how could they leave out a Hobo and an Orator? ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/8 "2008-07-30T08:21:13Z")
Oh, typesetting humour. Yeah, yeah… [been there,](http://www.badtype.com/casefiles/bt57.htm) [done that.](http://www.badtype.com/casefiles/bt87.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/9 "2008-07-30T14:02:44Z")
In [this ad](http://youtube.com/watch?v=UO1rYr4BXAI), the heavy metal band’s name is “Helvetica”. Clever, no? But if you watch carefully at 0:14 and spot the band’s name on the bass drum, you’ll see it’s _written with serifs!_ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/10 "2008-07-30T14:21:41Z")
I love [The Fontys.](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28261) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/11 "2008-07-30T20:50:33Z")
Let us take this time to honor the achievements of [Cooper Black.](http://www.cheshiredave.com/mastication/2002/07/0037a-btt.html) To me, he’ll always be the Garfield font, but whether you know him as the Odd Couple font, the _Pet Sounds_ font, or from any other of his appearances, there’s no denying he’s one of the hardest-working fonts in show biz, as this biography shows. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/12 "2008-07-30T21:01:19Z")
Rage Italic should be Mussolini, not Hitler. And shouldn’t Courier New be Courier’s daughter? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-humor/458154/13 "2008-07-30T23:06:59Z")
Mmm… chick from “[Flagpole Sitta](http://www.vimeo.com/173714)” all gothed out…