Comments on: Typoholism. An Addict’s Tale http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Helvetica, Helvetica, Comic Sans? A Rant on Mistype « infinitely malleable http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-10869 Helvetica, Helvetica, Comic Sans? A Rant on Mistype « infinitely malleable Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:10:15 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-10869 [...] find myself having symptoms of Typoholism. Whenever I am surrounded by type (which is effectively all the time), I find myself trying my best [...] […] find myself having symptoms of Typoholism. Whenever I am surrounded by type (which is effectively all the time), I find myself trying my best […]

]]> By: All In One Forum http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-5936 All In One Forum Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:35:50 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-5936 Very funny This post is so charming ! Love it ! I once had a dream that I was a typeface and running through baseline http://www.allinoneforum.com/ Very funny This post is so charming ! Love it !
I once had a dream that I was a typeface and running through baseline

http://www.allinoneforum.com/

]]> By: Scott http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-5917 Scott Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:11:51 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-5917 I shouldn't really be adding to this on company time... I've always had my hooks into text in same way, shape or form for quite some time. I remember playing around with a program whose name I can no longer to create birthday and Christmas cards for friends and family members at the tender age of 4. I can remember always pouring effort into making fun-looking cover pages for reports and essays in the early grades of my public education utilizing MS Wordart, though only a few years later I would learn the difference between typography and detritus. It wasn't until going to school that I found others of a similar affliction, and as we grew more and more into the role of "designers" we started up with some peculiar humor, gonig so far as to compile a list of quirky, odd and generally laughable facts and occurances in and around school, of which typeography played no small part. Odd little things like the "judging of the appropriate amount of cream in a cup of coffee via pantone swatch" or how professors were often less concerned with the content of final term papers and more concerned with how they were typeset (Heaven help the student that didn't set everything in 11 over 22, whether they liked it or not). Critiquing the font used on a friend's cell phone display, or arguing in class, however successfully, that you aren't ripping off Sagmeister because you're carving a different typeface into your body (A friend actually did this for an assignment in school that involved re-designing the covers of several books, the one in question being Fight Club). You know, truly useful and inspiring comments like, "Flush left, rag right is not an instruction for utilizing the bathroom." A lot of general design crazyness, but some of the most fond memories stemmed around the group of us travelling through Toronto's underground "PATH" system every week complaining or praising the use of type in the new advertisements that popped up on a regular basis. Oh good times...I'm a terminal, aren't I. Cheers, Scott PS: While none of us have children just yet, several of my group who play any game that involves the naming of a character (such as Warcraft and its ilk) do in fact name them after typefaces, and I have myself pretty much determined that the next pet I get in the future must be named Akzidenz. I shouldn’t really be adding to this on company time…

I’ve always had my hooks into text in same way, shape or form for quite some time. I remember playing around with a program whose name I can no longer to create birthday and Christmas cards for friends and family members at the tender age of 4. I can remember always pouring effort into making fun-looking cover pages for reports and essays in the early grades of my public education utilizing MS Wordart, though only a few years later I would learn the difference between typography and detritus.

It wasn’t until going to school that I found others of a similar affliction, and as we grew more and more into the role of “designers” we started up with some peculiar humor, gonig so far as to compile a list of quirky, odd and generally laughable facts and occurances in and around school, of which typeography played no small part.

Odd little things like the “judging of the appropriate amount of cream in a cup of coffee via pantone swatch” or how professors were often less concerned with the content of final term papers and more concerned with how they were typeset (Heaven help the student that didn’t set everything in 11 over 22, whether they liked it or not). Critiquing the font used on a friend’s cell phone display, or arguing in class, however successfully, that you aren’t ripping off Sagmeister because you’re carving a different typeface into your body (A friend actually did this for an assignment in school that involved re-designing the covers of several books, the one in question being Fight Club).

You know, truly useful and inspiring comments like, “Flush left, rag right is not an instruction for utilizing the bathroom.”

A lot of general design crazyness, but some of the most fond memories stemmed around the group of us travelling through Toronto’s underground “PATH” system every week complaining or praising the use of type in the new advertisements that popped up on a regular basis.

Oh good times…I’m a terminal, aren’t I.

Cheers,
Scott

PS: While none of us have children just yet, several of my group who play any game that involves the naming of a character (such as Warcraft and its ilk) do in fact name them after typefaces, and I have myself pretty much determined that the next pet I get in the future must be named Akzidenz.

]]> By: My Problem and The Importance of Good Type | Alpha Blog Designs http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-5301 My Problem and The Importance of Good Type | Alpha Blog Designs Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:50:42 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-5301 [...] the web becomes ever more real and apparent. Of course, one must be careful that it doesn’t turn into an obsession. However, that aside, it’s definitely something worth studying, and learning more [...] […] the web becomes ever more real and apparent. Of course, one must be careful that it doesn’t turn into an obsession. However, that aside, it’s definitely something worth studying, and learning more […]

]]> By: Typoholism « Trooji http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-2774 Typoholism « Trooji Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:57:41 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-2774 [...] Typoholism really is just taking the piss. But as with all good jokes, there is a kernel of [...] […] Typoholism really is just taking the piss. But as with all good jokes, there is a kernel of […]

]]> By: johno (iLT) http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-2769 johno (iLT) Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:55:10 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-2769 <strong>benbacardi</strong> I'd like to say that that link is in some way ironic; however, it's just a plain old mistake. Thanks for pointing that out; I'll fix it. benbacardi
I’d like to say that that link is in some way ironic; however, it’s just a plain old mistake. Thanks for pointing that out; I’ll fix it.

]]> By: benbacardi http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-2764 benbacardi Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:06:26 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-2764 I'd just like to point out, your link to Optima actually links to Clarendon... is this deliberate? I’d just like to point out, your link to Optima actually links to Clarendon… is this deliberate?

]]> By: WebOL http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-2487 WebOL Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:58:39 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-2487 I am starting to understand the reason of my curse. You let me realise that I am seriously typo-ill and definitively addicted : http://www.lavoisy.eu/webol/index.php?2007/11/28/65-we-need-typography (Many thanks for iLT) I am starting to understand the reason of my curse. You let me realise that I am seriously typo-ill and definitively addicted :

http://www.lavoisy.eu/webol/index.php?2007/11/28/65-we-need-typography

(Many thanks for iLT)

]]> By: Blue http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-2373 Blue Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:27:28 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-2373 Cody Yeah, right ! :) "Otaku" is misused outside Japan though. It is simply used to talk about Anime/Manga/Game fans :) Johno I actually love anime/manga and the whole Japanese culture. Yay ! Thank you for your compliment \^_^/ I like my Typotaku too, do it Johno (typotaku.jp) :) Cody
Yeah, right ! :) “Otaku” is misused outside Japan though. It is simply used to talk about Anime/Manga/Game fans :)

Johno
I actually love anime/manga and the whole Japanese culture. Yay ! Thank you for your compliment \^_^/
I like my Typotaku too, do it Johno (typotaku.jp) :)

]]> By: johno (iLT) http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-2369 johno (iLT) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:01:26 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/02/typoholism-an-addicts-tale/#comment-2369 <strong>Cody</strong> Very interesting. I had no idea that the term was known/used outside of Japan. Coming soon, typotaku.jp, the site for Japanese typenuts :) Cody
Very interesting. I had no idea that the term was known/used outside of Japan. Coming soon, typotaku.jp, the site for Japanese typenuts :)

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