# Testing fontypoos **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 11, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434 "2003-12-11T20:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/1 "2003-12-11T20:51:12Z")
Helllo And, after over 5000 posts and nearly two years of membership **Lobsang** finally discovers that he can specify almost any font in his posts! (Of course, he realizes that those viewing the post need to have the particular font installed on their computer) û This is an ultra ultra cool font! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/2 "2003-12-12T07:45:46Z")
1. If you click “Quote” under **Lobsang’s** post, you’ll see the coding in the post reply box. In this case, he’s used Comic Sans and Monotype Corsiva. 2. A search on the internet for “free fonts” will usually turn up a font you particularly want, if available, for download. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/3 "2003-12-12T20:09:06Z")
The greatest commandment of the Straight Dope Message Board (in old English lettering, I hope): Thou shalt not be a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/4 "2003-12-12T23:13:32Z")
I thought Monotype Corsiva was one of the standard fonts. I Guess it’s not. At work my OP looks all cool and old-englishy. At home it… doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/5 "2003-12-12T23:56:33Z")
I’ve got Monotype Corsiva on my computer, **Lobsang**. It _does_ look stylish, mate. And I thought it was fairly standard with MS Office too. Oh, well … ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/6 "2003-12-14T17:51:58Z")
The size of the font in the OP reflects the fact that Monotype Corsiva is virtually unreadable at normal sizes, and it doesn’t look too large at what I set it at (whereas the font it is replaced with on computers lacking Corsiva looks huge) Mac owners - how does my OP appear for you? Do macs have the same or similar set of fonts? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/7 "2003-12-14T18:23:49Z")
How’s this for a cool old-looking font? Supposedly it was inspired by the writing on the Bayeux tapestry. (It’s “King Harold” font, in case you can’t see it right.) I usually just go hunt around on Google for things that sound similar to what I was looking for- like “bayeux tapestry font” was what I used to find this one. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/8 "2003-12-14T18:26:20Z")
Er, **bump**? You realise that if people don’t have that font installed on their own machines they won’t see it, right? As a non-standard font that I’ve never heard of, “King Harold” just renders as plain old Verdana on my PC and laptop. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/9 "2003-12-14T18:32:21Z")
**VATO LOCO!** Unfortuantely, not everybody has 400 or 500 fonts installed, or otherwise we could have some fun. Fraktur would really come in handy for thread-killing posts about Hitler, or just for discussing the History Channel. Who has Bobco 8? A ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/10 "2003-12-14T18:36:22Z")
For the curious: [King Harold font](http://members.aol.com/fontner/kingharold.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/11 "2003-12-14T18:39:11Z")
And [Fraktur.](http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/fraktur/) I don’t really care _how_ many really cool, snazzo fonts you guys download. All that appears here, as **Crusoe** said, is Verdana. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/12 "2003-12-14T22:46:51Z")
Sig Test. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/13 "2003-12-14T23:57:03Z")
I know… that’s why I mentioned the font name right afterwards. I thought we were just trading nifty fonts here! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-fontypoos/218434/14 "2003-12-15T01:37:57Z")
Well, thanks for that, **bump**. Interesting fonts, there. But in trading fonts, what’s the point if no one else can see them without that download?