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> inappropriate for all the uses mentioned above...

I'll raise you. See Papyrus. [1] Who needs "'I'd rather be golfing' on a t-shirt in Papyrus, of all fonts?

[1] https://www.instagram.com/papyrus_forever/?hl=en



You probably have seen it but for anyone who hasn't, this SNL skit on Papyrus is brilliant: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ


I hadn't before now and am going with "yeah, brilliant". I don't think I've seen anything Ryan Gosling's done that I haven't liked him in; to the point of a bit of a man-crush.


Didn't find that funny but it reminded me to rewatch Font Conference which is great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3k5oY9AHHM


Ending it with the word "papyrus" in Comic Sans was the most brilliant part.



I knew describing an SNL sketch as brilliant would turn out to be a wild exaggeration.


Ha. I actually hadn’t. Nice.


Some of these aren't that bad. I think once you get past five letters in a row or start adding apostrophes, it's time to use something else. A couple letters with some customization can work though, e.g. I don't think the Lamb of God logo is bad.


Papyrus just reminds me of how little selection there is in the default fonts on Mac OS X. I mean, there could be so much more.


At least there's actually Helvetica!


Obligatory to this discussion: https://laughingsquid.com/comic-papyrus/

Update: The designer actually had to change the name for... sigh... legal reasons, so now it's this: https://creativemarket.com/benharman/229510-Comic-Parchment-...




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