Fonts and their meanings

Much has been said about the need for a "sarcasm font". What does a font tell you about the tone of what's written in it, or the personality that chose it?  Here's a pictorial guide.

Comic Sans:

Old English:

Copperplate:  (note - copperplate is the font on my personal card.)

Courier:

Harlow Solid Italic:

Papyrus:  (my company used to have a safety poster about forklifts written in this font.  really.) 

Showcard Gothic:

Stencil:

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6 comments:

  1. RossinDetroitOctober 4, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Helvetica = Serious.

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  2. bonnjillOctober 5, 2011 at 4:21 AM

    Llama font rules them all (http://llamafont.com/)

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  3. Bud PerryOctober 6, 2011 at 9:32 PM

    Comic Sans and lately Papyrus have been the bane of designer's business for decades. We absolutely hate them. I don't feel Comic Sans is sarcastic unless the person is being sarcastic merely by using it.

    Now that there is "Google fonts" that will automatically look up a font to use in a webpage, I expect the web to be a lot more comic-sans and papyrus laden.

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  4. RossinDetroitOctober 7, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    There was an Asian grocery down the block with its name in Comic Sans on the front. It's closed down.

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  5. UnknownOctober 8, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    I just did a double-take when I realized I have no idea what font this blog is written in. It's Arial. What does that mean? "Unimaginative"?

    The llama font is cute but I'd be deeply confused if anyone tried to communicate with me in it.

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  6. kerriem3October 20, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    Not sure if it's a standard font for Word, but came across one called Curlz MT and immediately imagined a 13-year-old slumber party.

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