Comments on: Revenge of the Font Nerds http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/ Javascript flâneur, internet flibbertygibbert Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:33:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Stu http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 Stu Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:22:33 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/#comment-1164 Thats what i thought! Nevile Brody is a genius. Hooray! Thats what i thought! Nevile Brody is a genius. Hooray!

]]> By: Mr. Speaker http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Mr. Speaker Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:52:08 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/#comment-1163 Ahhh, lovely. On a more back-to-the-point note, I sent an inquiry (on the suggestion of @henrytapia) to @ilovetypography on Twitter. The result: "...with such a poor sample, it could be anything. perhaps a mauled Eurostile Condensed (that's been stretched/redrawn)" And Eurostile Condensed indeed looks very close! What do you reckon? Ahhh, lovely. On a more back-to-the-point note, I sent an inquiry (on the suggestion of @henrytapia) to @ilovetypography on Twitter. The result:

“…with such a poor sample, it could be anything. perhaps a mauled Eurostile Condensed (that’s been stretched/redrawn)”

And Eurostile Condensed indeed looks very close! What do you reckon?

]]> By: LOL!1! http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-1162 LOL!1! Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:34:45 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/#comment-1162 wow Breton, your a cok, i heard you ware chick's undeez wow Breton, your a cok, i heard you ware chick’s undeez

]]> By: Breton http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-1161 Breton Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:13:52 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/#comment-1161 "yeha brenton, as if fonts were invented by mac in 1984?! lol! " Your deficit of literacy skills astounds me. “yeha brenton, as if fonts were invented by mac in 1984?! lol! ”

Your deficit of literacy skills astounds me.

]]> By: wtf?! http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 wtf?! Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:26:28 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/#comment-1160 yeha brenton, as if fonts were invented by mac in 1984?! lol! yeha brenton, as if fonts were invented by mac in 1984?! lol!

]]> By: Jake http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-1159 Jake Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:11:16 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/#comment-1159 I agree with Breton. This is most likely the case. The sign writer may have had a particular font in mind however. After thinking Din, then possibly Akzidenz Grotesk Bold Condensed (the font we use here at Blue Cork) and maybe even Eurostyle, they all came up incorrect. Robust is close, but the one that fits the overall shape and proportion the best I think is ITC Machine. I know it's got angled corners, but think about it... Released in 1970. The signwriter thought hey, that's a nerdy font, I'll make a sign with that face! The director then sees the sign and says "That's too nerdy. Can you round off those ridiculous angled edges?" and that's how the nerd font definitely maybe came about. I agree with Breton. This is most likely the case. The sign writer may have had a particular font in mind however. After thinking Din, then possibly Akzidenz Grotesk Bold Condensed (the font we use here at Blue Cork) and maybe even Eurostyle, they all came up incorrect. Robust is close, but the one that fits the overall shape and proportion the best I think is ITC Machine. I know it’s got angled corners, but think about it… Released in 1970. The signwriter thought hey, that’s a nerdy font, I’ll make a sign with that face! The director then sees the sign and says “That’s too nerdy. Can you round off those ridiculous angled edges?” and that’s how the nerd font definitely maybe came about.

]]> By: Mr. Speaker http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-1158 Mr. Speaker Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:19:22 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/#comment-1158 haha, thank's breton - way to confirm my nerd-based "narcissistic pretentiousness" line! So anyhoo, when the set designer on Revenge Of The Nerds accidently lands on this page, we'd appreciate it if you would jot down a paragraph on the story behind the effigy. Thanks. haha, thank’s breton – way to confirm my nerd-based “narcissistic pretentiousness” line!

So anyhoo, when the set designer on Revenge Of The Nerds accidently lands on this page, we’d appreciate it if you would jot down a paragraph on the story behind the effigy. Thanks.

]]> By: Booger http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Booger Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:42:50 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/#comment-1157 @hank - i think it's the vista version of comic sans: fun and personable and will burn you if you use it. @hank – i think it’s the vista version of comic sans: fun and personable and will burn you if you use it.

]]> By: hank http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-1156 hank Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:27:31 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/#comment-1156 If I'd known you were going to this level of detail I would have said "DIN 1451" which goes back to the 1930s but would have been equally as incorrect. That piece of type says to me fun and personable. Is it MS Comic Sans? If I’d known you were going to this level of detail I would have said “DIN 1451″ which goes back to the 1930s but would have been equally as incorrect.

That piece of type says to me fun and personable. Is it MS Comic Sans?

]]> By: Booger http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 Booger Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:57:23 +0000 http://mrspeaker.webeisteddfod.com/2009/01/21/revenge-of-the-font-nerds/#comment-1155 nice paraphrasing! "Gilbert Lowell: Their action tonight demands an immediate retaliation. And, if we don't, we're nothing but the nerds they say we are." nice paraphrasing! “Gilbert Lowell: Their action tonight demands an immediate retaliation. And, if we don’t, we’re nothing but the nerds they say we are.”

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