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wizfrikiman — What You Must NOT DO As A Graphic Designer
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Published: 2012-10-21 14:10:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 3852; Favourites: 85; Downloads: 32
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Haha, yeah. I do have a certain soft spot for rainbow designs, even though most look horrible.
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Okay, but it's still a funky, amateurish font that's 100% NOT for serious graphic designs. Unless you're Lamb of God.
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stamata na kollas stis leptomeries re wiz, xalarwse!
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I hate when serious businesses use Papyrus as a font.
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and don't forget kids the awesome WORDART font choices! [link]
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Exactly, the silver "this" was meant to be a jab at WordArt. The funny thing is, I actually used the WordArt equivalent in OpenOffice to make it!
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Kinda thought the lens flare 'this' was alright.
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It can look good when used in a smart way, but, then again, the standard lens flare Photoshop provides is a definite example of designer laziness.
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I didn't. Read the very last sentence.
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My apologies, you are right, I didn't saw it. Great work.
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all of those fonts literally made my eyes hurt. >.<
why oh why would people use such painful looking fonts.
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Probably due to laziness, lack of knowledge and/or taste. Thanks for the comment!
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absolute correct ! except for on listed #2 "this" ... in my opinion, it's really depend on what kind company.. more likely recommend to avoid.
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Yeah, a little bit of "twisted" text won't hurt, as long as you don't overdo it.
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Comic Sans is for old people who dont know and think its cute
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HAH! I recently wrote an article for Hub about designing book covers, and dedicated a section just to tell people not to use Papyrus. I love this! Papyrus and lens flare, two of my all time pet peeves.
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Hehe. I like this tutorial! but I've got to say that the logo of Avatar (the movie) uses Papyrus
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Yeah! And the Na'Vi subtitles, too. It was so cheesy (and suited the movie, too).
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Hahaha. Oooh papyrus. You and Comic sans are the scourge of the typeface world.
~VelkynKarma
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Tell me about it. Thanks for the comment!
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What about Comic Sans? Is it such a given that it doesn't need to be mentioned? lol
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What do you mean? I did mention it at the end.
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Ah, I see it now. It looks kind of similar to the font the rest of the sentence is in when it's all black, so I missed it. I guess I was just surprised that Papyrus took a larger no-no spot than Comic Sans.
I think Scriptina is starting to head in that direction, too, unfortunately. I'm starting to have twitchy reactions every time I see something that is written entirely in Scriptina... I'll rarely use it for capital letters only while the rest of the word is in a different font which seems to get positive reactions from clients, but other than that it seems like badly spaced overkill.
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I had no idea about Scriptina but it doesn't really look like a pretty good font.
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Learned so much from the tutorial and ensuing comments!! 
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No problem! Glad you found it useful.
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what's wrong with le last one? I can totally see it on a comic book's cover...
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That's all you can do with it, sadly.
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oh well, at last is good for comics
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My HS and college groups were rather fond of all of these
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PAPYRUS FTW, BABY! I'm totally using Papyrus on every design from now on. EVERY. DESIGN.
(And if you believe that, then I've got a bridge for sale.)
I do appreciate that you show not only poor fonts (and font modification), but eye-pain-causing color combinations as well. Color theory matters in graphic design. I go to some fansites and I want to cringe at the color scheme. Oy!
I'm only a hobbyist myself, so I have no claims on being a qualified designer, but I try very hard to do my best. (And I'm always learning.)
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Yeah, I'm a hobbyist too. It's good that you're searching this stuff now. Others call themselves "professionals" after years of studying, er, some stuff, and use Papyrus and bevels everywhere. Thank you!
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