Worst typefaces of all time

Voters: 34   Comments: 12
Started by: karj on November 6, 2007

Description: Great type is rare and bad is commonplace, but what about the truly horrible? These are the typefaces that make our world an uglier place. My non-designer friends may think I'm over-the-top on this one, but some of these should be considered a blight on society. ( Edited by karj )  

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I remember a song called 'GERMAN BOLD ITALIC' by Towa Tei and Kylie Minogue... a song about a typeface!! lol... fascinating collaboration...

Posted 3 months ago

There are no bad faces... according to Spiekermann. Every typeface was developed for a reason, even comic sans! It would be an interesting design challenge to restrict yourself to use only the so called 'worst' faces.

In my opinion the worst typefaces are generally the free faces. There are usually many problems with x-heights lining up correctly, character width consistency, etc. I would rather use Papyrus or Comic Sans over gratis fonts any day!

Posted 4 months ago

Am I the only one who hates Gill Sans? I mean. comic and papyrus, sure. but i dont like gill with its funny little i

Posted 5 months ago

I just remember the time I had a debate with my well educated aunt about why comic sans was the worst font ever. She continued to debate that it was the best. Saying, "Its pretty." Its about anything but pretty.

Posted 6 months ago

I actually received the worst resume I've read in 24 years. All in Capitals and Papyrus.

oh man, crumpled that up fast

Posted 8 months ago

Hobo should make the cut too!

Posted 1 year ago
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