All designers have opinions on the best and worst fonts; especially on which are worst. So much so, it seems everywhere you look these days someone has written them down and shared them in a blog post. Well, this post is no different. We simply felt it was time to share our judgement in this worldwide dialogue. Our list counts down from number ten to the number one World's Most Tragic Font. The origin of Arial is commonly misunderstood. While Microsoft introduced it into their suite of system fonts for Windows 3.1 it was actually created for IBM. It is…
On May 4, 2013, our beloved Treefrog Cinegraphix managing partner, Christian Knightly, celebrated his 30th birthday in a truly fontastic way! He and his party guests donned costumes befitting the personalities of a font of their choice and enjoying the hostess stylings of former Treefrog family member Christine M. Dupont. Truly a fontastic sight, Knightly came dressed as Papyrus (his very least favorite font) in an Egyptian Pharaoh costume, and ended up sweeping the costume contest votes, while other fonts ranged anywhere from Arial Black to Tinker Toy. Overall, the party was thematically perfect for a big old design nerd.…
Some of you have asked us why we hate the typeface aptly named Papyrus. Well to be frank, this choice in type is extremely overused by so called 'designers.' With all the typeface choices out there, it seems silly to settle on one so blatantly Egyptian. Now, if you are Egyptian or selling an Egyptian product, by all means, use Papyrus, but for those out there that are looking for an organic looking typeface there are hundreds of choices. Below is a list of my favorites. ITC Cancione Here's ITC Cancione. It has a great organic and weathered look and…
