Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Fleetwood Mac fans show their pride with Papyrus


What better way to pay fan tribute your favourite 70's band than some sweet homemade desktop wallpapers?

You have the google image search pics, you have an idea for this sweet background motif. Now you just need the perfect font. You're scrubbing through your font list looking for something that pops out and screams '70s adult comtemporary' in your face. And just then you see it: Papyrus. I don't know why you didn't just think of it immediately when you thought 'Fleetwood Mac' and '70s', because for most people that might a stretch. But those people are retarded. 

Papyrus; the perfect choice for conveying the easy going free spirited attitude of 70s rockers Fleetwood Mac.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

The Combo of a Lifetime



We've all waited a very long time for this. Personally, I didn't think it was possible...and from a graphic designer nonetheless. Darryl Narain of Skinnz ink has done the unthinkable. He could've gone with any shitty free font the internet had to offer, but he chose the two zaniest default fonts his computer had to offer. Papyrus AND Comic Sans. And the icing on the cake is that awesome bevel applied to the company name. This should be the shining Golden Rule of Graphic Design: If a designer's card resembles this in ANY way - find someone else. And "Creative Director"? Really? Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that nobody else but Darryl works at Skinnz ink? It should also be noted that Darryl's card was in a Wild Wing card dispensing machine in Whitby, Ontario. Just to put this whole thing in perspective.

Side note: Really loving that arcing shark fin thing. It draws my eye to....? The side of the card? The card beside his? What the fuck?

Brilliant Ubiquity



When it comes to shows (be it Art, Dance, Music or Theatre), there is one font that encapsulates that "artistic" "go-you-own-way" feeling. So it's not surprising to come across multiple accounts of Papyrus mere inches apart from eachother. In fact, I bet if I stared hard enough, I could spot a few other Pa-posters littered amongst this mess.

The thing that's particularly striking about Brilliant Traces, is the absolute confidence this artist has with Papyrus. No picture, just Papyrus. A picture would only deter the attention of bulletin board viewer. And really, what picture could  represent Brilliant Traces?

I smell a knock-off



Whoa, I don't know who this Christopher Jarman guy thinks he is, but he sure isn't Chris Costello (creator of Papyrus, for all you newbs out there). Apparently he thinks all he has to do is add a serif on the 'j', shear the type on an angle and VOILA - new typeface. First of all, why would Papyrus want to jump - there's nothing jumpy about it. Second, did you think you could compete against the Chizzler? C'mon.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Just a taste...

BREAKING: Papyrus apparently now means robots too!


No longer is papyrus limited to saying "a culture" in the traditional sense we are so accustomed to. No, now it apparently transcends traditional 'cultures' and ventures headlong into the future. A future where robots also have no fucking clue about papyrus.

Summer Solace




Papyrus is naturally the defacto font of tanning salons. They didn't go too overboard with the design unfortunately, just enough to subtly get the point across. The point being Papryus.