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Old 03-13-2003, 08:52 AM
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Would everyone immediately remove the font 'Impact' from their computers? And while you're at it, get rid of Arial, Times New Roman and all that other crap that comes loaded on your PCs.
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Times is an extremely well-designed typeface, just overused.

Arial, Impact and Comic Sans however ...
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Impact is a cool bold font, and I refuse to stop using it.
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Arial and Times are important for showing people what their HTML text will look like on a web site before you actually build it.

Other than that, I never use them.

Impact I always look at but then quickly move on.

I had an art director tell me once that I was not allowed to use the color yellow or the font GilSans no matter what.
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How do you feel about the Swiss type-face family? A little 921? Or perhaps a Helvetica is more to your liking?

Times New Roman - cap in the ass.
Helvetica? Cap in the ass.
Cooper? Cap in the ass unless yr Superdrag.

But please, for the lovagod, let me keep my beloved Impact!
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if you're good enough, you can make any font work.
sadly, it takes quite a genius designer to pull off impact.
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How do you feel about the Swiss type-face family? A little 921? Or perhaps a Helvetica is more to your liking?

Times New Roman - cap in the ass.
Helvetica? Cap in the ass.
Cooper? Cap in the ass unless yr Superdrag.

But please, for the lovagod, let me keep my beloved Impact!
Gee, someone who would value Impact over Helvetica or even Cooper?

Yikes.
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if you're good enough, you can make any font work.
sadly, it takes quite a genius designer to pull off impact.

You're too kind, but thanks.
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Impact is second only to FATSLAB.

mungo will now eat you.

ps: serifs are for wussies.
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