2003-08-05 at 9:27 a.m.
Spent much of yesterday afternoon making posters for the 'Musicus Ridiculus' concert (while at the same time avoiding doing much work on my thesis). Since it's a humorous concert, I thought it might be nice to go and download some unusual and wacky fonts to make the poster a little more eye catching.
I was both amazed and amused by some of the names designers give to their fonts. Some are clever, some are weird, and some are downright disturbing.
Here are a few favorites-
Ben Witch Project
Copyright Violations
Dead Postman
Disco Duck
Ding Dong Daddyo
Do Not Eat This
Electric Pickle
Exploding Sheep
foob
Fingered Flesh
Famous Fromage
Ghostmeat
Gorilla Milkshake
Head Surgery
Highway to Heck
It Lives in the Swamp
Jerkoff
Jiggery Pokery
Mutant Supermodel
Prime Minister of Canada
Typewriter from hell
There was even a font called 'Porno', which I dearly wanted to use on the poster, simply due to the fact that every man, woman and child who looked at my posters would be inadvertantly looking at porno. (These are the small things that give my life that glow of smug satisfaction). However, it looked terrible, so I was forced to use something else.
The font I chose in the end was called 'Sketchbook'. Boring, huh?
