Font Week: A Song!

I'm actually quite surprised that font week has been mainly videos, but I'm pleased with it. This is unlike the other videos I've posted, because this is a song about fonts! I was way more excited than a reasonable person should be.



And if that tune sounded familiar to you, it is from Tom Lehrer's amazing song about the elements! That video is below.

I hate that font!

I am obsessed with certain fonts as well as repulsed by others. This is an entry about those fonts that I would like to never see again.

The first is a font that I cannot remember the name of. I used to have it on my computer but I deleted it. It is used on a highly annoying sign downtown.



Another of my giant font hates is Comic Sans. I just cannot stand that font at all. I know there were movements to get rid of Comic Sans (like that would ever happen, lol), and other people actively hate it. I just try to avoid that font. It is one of the most ugly ones out there.

Another font I hate is Papyrus (and Tempus Sans, which is very similar to it). I don't know what it is about it, but it drives me absolutely batty. Whenever I see it used anywhere my teeth clench. I have no idea why I have such a strong reaction to a lame font, but I do. I'm weird like that.

But there is one font that is the queen of all horrible fonts: Kristen. There is a very large car dealership in Orlando that actually uses this font on their scrolling sign. If I ever need a car while I'm in Orlando I will actively avoid this place because of this font.

I said it before and I'll say it again, I'm a major font snob.

Talk to me Tuesday: Fonts of TTMT

Note: If you never remember to check this site or your feed reader but do check livejournal regularly, Jennifer O. set up a syndication feed on lj - check it out here.

Things Mentioned:

• Monk's Bag Tutorial
  
• Manson Bag
  
• Lady of the Lakes set on flickr

After doing 5 Talk to me Tuesday videos I started adding a small intro with text and a bit of music. I try not to use the same font from week to week (with the exception of one time and it is killing me that I made that mistake). If you click the font name it will take you to a site that you can download it from. The link on the image of each font will take you to the video where I used it.

Bitch Cakes	Blackadder ITC	Romeo	Distortia
Pupcat	Magdeburg	Sybil Green	Twilight
HeyBoy! HeyGirl!	Black Metal Sans	Waker	Porcupine
Blue Highway	Kenzou	Script MT Bold	Skooper
Stewart Sans	Coffee	Porcupine	Black Boys on...
Astigma	Romance Fatal	Soul Reaver

Font Fight!

This video is a sequel to Font Conference (the post from Sunday), but sadly it is not as amazing.

Crafty Monday: Using Fonts

When I start liking a font, I use it on as many things as possible. When it comes to crafting, it'll most likely be seen on a t-shirt or a cross stitch. Here are a few fonts that I've used for both. The font name clicks through to where you can download it.

Red October
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Cooper Black
usually comes standard on a computer
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Pupcat
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Also, since I'm a giant dork, I love the Harry Potter themed fonts. Here are two cross stitches that use Lumos and Parseltongue. I made a chart of the Lumos font a few months ago, but never had a reason to upload it; now I do!

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Lumos cross stitch chart
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Note: Just realized that everything, with the exception of the two items done with the Red October font, in this post was a gift for someone else. :P

Font Week!

*kicks blogger* I had this set to post yesterday, but it didn't. I don't know why. :P

This week I'm talking all about fonts. I have a bit of a font obsession and I proudly admit that I am a font snob. For this first day I am sharing one of my favorite videos ever created.



And of course, if I like something I'm going to make a craft about it. Here is a t-shirt based on the video.

Pomegranate Week: Day 7, T-shirt

For my final post I'm sharing a favorite craft of mine: t-shirt making. I have a bit of an obsession with black t-shirts. They are what I wear every day of the week. It only seems natural to have one with a pomegranate on it.



If you want to learn how to make a t-shirt like this, just go view Jennifer's freezer paper stencil t-shirt tutorial. It is straightforward and easy to understand, but I must inform you that making t-shirts is a sickness that you cannot get rid of.



And since it is the last post, I thought I would share a recap of what I've shared in the last 6 days week:

• Day 1: Camera Case
  
• Day 2: Quilt Block
  
• Day 3: Embroidery
  
• Day 4: Mirror Etching
  
• Day 5: Buttons
  
• Day 6: Necklace