idkmybffPAPYRUS

You'll need glasses after reading this sign

2012-01-09T17:00:00.001-05:00

By never using this font again

2011-12-22T16:14:00.001-05:00

Choose a font…

2011-11-16T19:32:00.000-05:00

and then knock back a stiff one.

2011-11-01T23:20:00.001-04:00

in the name of the father, the son, and the holy papyrus

P - unk...

2011-07-15T19:31:00.000-04:00

and Run for the hills through this bad kerning pair.

Forever & for always...

2011-06-10T12:49:00.000-04:00

The Golden Kingdom...

2011-05-29T12:19:00.001-04:00

...should be a papyrus-free area.

thank you

I'd rather be on…

2011-04-18T18:01:00.000-04:00

…a planet without this font.

This queen could not be saved...

2010-11-28T20:22:00.000-05:00

...interesting "L" tuck here, but it doesn't quite cut it.

Horrid...

2010-11-28T20:15:00.000-05:00

fortunately the food wasn't half as bad as the business card design.

Unnatural foods...

2010-11-28T20:03:00.000-05:00

hold on the nuts, please.

Do me a favor…

2010-11-28T13:18:00.007-05:00

…and censor this font, please.

Sunday Specials!

2010-09-19T17:37:00.000-04:00

Head back to church and confess your sin in using this typeface for
the entire menu.

Spooky!

2010-08-28T10:59:00.002-04:00

Drop-shadows extend the "ghosting" metaphor, but are problematic nonetheless. The use of the complements yellow and violet in the tagline creates too much vibration as well.

Martini menu...

2010-07-26T12:17:00.001-04:00

...set entirely in papyrus? Check please!

And make type...

2010-06-11T20:17:00.001-04:00

unpalatable.

Live • Laugh • Love

2010-05-29T14:01:00.000-04:00

and then order your pizza in Utica.

Barefoot...

2010-05-18T10:15:00.000-04:00

on the beach and clueless in typography.

On the Hudson...

2010-04-23T19:57:00.000-04:00

throw this font overboard please.

Good type!

2010-03-01T23:42:00.001-05:00

That's right, sit on the baseline. Good! Ok, now, kern! Good! Good type!

Everything Balm

2010-02-17T16:15:00.002-05:00

Will this salve soothe the scars on my damaged retinas from looking at
this horrid typeface? Don't stare at that capital E gap, you'll go blind!

Release me...

2009-12-03T18:05:00.000-05:00

from this stroked headline treatment made worse by initial capping,
which unfortunately draws the eye to the outrageous cap-height to
ascender ratio.

(Archery Club meeting, Middleburgh Rod & Gun Club)

Tittle Trouble

2009-09-27T12:17:00.002-04:00

The sequence of superscript dots are maddening! And are perilously close to the F's arm in addition to revealing the poor kerning of the j-i. Also clearly an error in font choice due to the cap "F" crashing the "g"'s descender. Nice die-cut on the coconut graphic though!

You have the power...

2009-09-24T10:46:00.000-04:00

to stop using system fonts.

(Abuse of Papyrus will give me a stroke.)

Coby Cares...

2009-08-26T11:11:00.001-04:00

but not about good typography.

(new Green T-shirts at Bookstore)

Antiquated Ideas...

2009-08-01T17:48:00.000-04:00

and a tired old font.

(see earlier Bath Sponge entry, which plays off the same loofa look-
and-feel of Papyrus.)

Go. Go. Go. For God's sake.

2009-07-29T19:38:00.000-04:00

Bizarre over-kerning of i-o and gross oversight of R-e letterspace.

100% Pure Natural Kerning Issues

2009-07-24T14:09:00.000-04:00

Major gaps with the cap P and T, as usual, but the numeral 1's set
width doesn't work with the 0 either.

I think the Lamas would agree.

Para(pyrus)normal

2009-07-14T17:24:00.002-04:00

I see dead typefaces.

(titles for the TV show Medium)

Monkey Business

2009-07-13T12:04:00.000-04:00

...and while we're saving wildlife by donating old cellphones could we
also rescue typography by trashing old system fonts?

syracuse sighting

2009-06-28T16:13:00.001-04:00

Still issues with the cap "F" gap, but it's not important considering
the outstanding neon interpretation.

Say Cheese!

2009-04-12T11:59:00.000-04:00

This label treatment truly reveals the insane ascender-to-cap-height
ratio of this (ostensibly) multi-purpose food product packaging font.

All Natural Marinara

2009-04-11T15:16:00.000-04:00

All natural font! Nice tuck of the "R". That certainly takes care of
the problematic gap on the set width of the "F".

"Thank You For Your...

2009-03-18T15:36:00.000-04:00

Hopeless font choice."

People who don't care
Will usually dare
to choose a typeface in a clutch,

People who don't learn
That this is too hard to kern
End up using Payrus as a crutch.

sketchy font, literally

2009-03-16T11:01:00.001-04:00

Like sponges and reptile skin, Papyrus is always there to allude to
porous, flaky, and light products.

Paporous!

2009-03-15T11:06:00.000-04:00

The sponge font... for all your flaky skin needs!

ApOtHe(s)CaRy

2009-03-08T14:42:00.002-04:00

Now I have seen everything! Frightening alternating u & l/c, but, after much consideration, kinda cool actually. Maybe all Papyrus should be set this way?

The Type That Ties You Up in Knots

2009-02-12T20:22:00.001-05:00

Q: What's worse than unkerned Papyrus?

A: Unkerned Papyrus on a poorly arced path with a horridly offset drop-
shadow.

Red Cozy Perfect Love

2009-02-11T09:36:00.001-05:00

Happy Valentine's Day to all the Papyrus lovers.

4 out of 5...

2009-02-10T13:22:00.000-05:00

Herpetologists recommend using the Papyrus font to capture that
requisite scaly effect of working with reptiles.

Made in the Bronx...

2009-02-02T23:55:00.001-05:00

but typeset in Queens?

As my great-Zia Anna used to say as she solemnly shook her head from
side to side, "It's a shame!"

Produce package Wins Prize

2009-01-31T11:21:00.001-05:00

Dare I admit an appropriate application of this typeface? While I am
usually taken aback by its mere presence, after some consideration,
this root vegetable sack label actually works.

2009-01-18T15:10:00.000-05:00

C0l0R

2009-01-16T20:52:00.000-05:00

Way2B price chopper!

... and type hostile.

2009-01-10T00:39:00.001-05:00

I can't figure out which transgression is worse: the gratuitous
vertical scaling; the obscene tracking; the automated drop shadow; or
the freakishly over-sized drop cap.

Attention attention, read all about it!

2009-01-05T11:33:00.000-05:00

A certainly beautiful collaboration of all Delaware County Public
Health newspaper clippings

A fitting end to Fall 08

2008-12-17T10:12:00.000-05:00

Spotted in Prentice... note the "F" and "T" kerning pairs. The hyphen
is crying out, "I want to be an en-dash when I grow up!"

Love the shape/line layout, but it's Bauhaus roots are desecrated by
poor font choice.

Criminal typographic sensibility

2008-12-09T14:15:00.001-05:00

Forget the lobster, put out an APB on the designer that used this system font. Love the gloves Libby!

o O O m g

2008-11-17T17:11:00.000-05:00

Unforgivable lack of stacking judgment.

Entomb this Font

2008-11-11T11:54:00.001-05:00

Let's bury this system font so deep that it won't rear its ugly head
even in the afterlife.

Election Day interruption of our normally scheduled programming...

2008-11-04T19:10:00.000-05:00

A Condensed San Serif for your viewing pleasure.

TypeChopper II

2008-11-01T13:39:00.000-04:00

I can't believe they missed the opportunity to form a ligature on the
double "f"s. Designers wait for such priceless letter combinations...
tragic on all fronts as usual. Does Papyrus promote poor type?

Coffee Break

2008-10-31T17:52:00.001-04:00

The vertical alignment just doesn't hold up after the set width of the
"A". Milk with no sugar please.

Tea Time

2008-10-30T23:27:00.002-04:00

One lump or two? Nice alignment of strokes on the "A"s.

WTFont?

2008-10-20T19:14:00.001-04:00

That's right, count 'em. 4 fonts used. Name the other three for extra
credit.

TypeChopper

2008-10-19T16:29:00.004-04:00

Baseline shift notwithstanding... why was Papyrus chosen for their organic line of products? Sticks to the roof of my aesthetic sensibilities.

Subcontinental New Paltz

2008-10-11T18:23:00.001-04:00

Nice touch with the red berries, but nothing can save the two system fonts in use here. Fine Hand and Papyrus = kindergarten in Cairo, not Bombay.

hand tainted

2008-10-08T19:20:00.001-04:00

Note the serious kerning issue with the 1 and 7. The use of quotes and not inch-marks. And I do believe that entire line is horizontally scaled. For the love of god! Make it stop!

Luckily the year is almost over.

2008-09-27T13:53:00.004-04:00

A dreadful way to pass the time--even if it is set in upper & lower case and kerned.

Pizza Box Problems

2008-08-27T11:18:00.001-04:00

Sure, papyrus has a "rustic" look. And that suits the Roman/Latin
aspect of the pizza industry, which wants to scream authenticity on
every box (recall the previous box slogan "You've tried the rest, now
try the best!"), but the alignment and leading issues here take all
the merit out of this typeface choice. The ascender crashing the
baseline makes me want to order Chinese.

Weltschmerz

2008-08-18T20:56:00.000-04:00

This example really reveals the inanity of the ascenders.

At least there's an apostrophe

2008-08-18T20:54:00.000-04:00

all caps subhead

2008-08-16T11:51:00.001-04:00

At least the overall weight is balanced with the headline.
Letterspacing could be tweaked slightly around the "A".

More of a Nightmare

2008-08-07T00:21:00.000-04:00

The all-caps HERB TEA is and new all-time low for this font.

Yet Another WTF Moment

2008-08-06T23:55:00.000-04:00

A Sponge Caddy? Seriously! When will the insanity cease?

Cage Free Eggs, Fenced in Type

2008-08-06T23:52:00.001-04:00

Interesting ligature on the E-g. Not so easily resolved on the L-a in
"large".

driving me to drink

2008-08-03T13:58:00.001-04:00

Italicized! Need I say more?

(also featuring a cool pint of Mad Hat Hefeweizen)

2008-08-02T22:46:00.003-04:00

2008-08-02T22:46:00.001-04:00

3 xtoo many

2008-07-30T15:59:00.000-04:00

Is the lowercase "t" usually baseline shifted?

So, the guy on line behind me had a T-shirt on with a Pizza Plus logo
set in Papyrus. And parked outside, there was a car with a bumper
sticker (stating something about world peace) also set in Papyrus.

In any case, the sandwich was perfection-- NYC deli at it's best.

2008-07-22T22:19:00.000-04:00

Rachel Ray personally endorses the use of papyrus

2008-07-22T22:18:00.002-04:00

300 ft of HEAVEN

2008-07-22T22:18:00.001-04:00

Newspaper!

2008-07-22T22:17:00.001-04:00

Proof that all Italians are typographers from birth

2008-07-22T22:16:00.003-04:00

Aww, thanks, price chopper!

2008-07-22T22:16:00.001-04:00

2008-07-22T22:15:00.001-04:00

Mass upload = go!