Exactly my own reaction. In my case, it honestly felt like they did a skit especially for me, it was weird. I found it just completely hilarious, but yet couldn't think of anyone I knew who would probably feel the same, or even "get it".I remember being amazed at how incredibly geeky and narrow-focused that SNL be was.
At one stage I taught a group of writing students who had to submit assignments as Word files each week. They were told they had to be double spaced Times New Roman OR Arial. Combinations of both were not acceptable. Anything written in Comic Sans was declared a 'non-submission'. Only one person ever tested my resolve on that...I remember being amazed at how incredibly geeky and narrow-focused that SNL be was. I loved it. I don't know if I noticed that Papyrus text was shown in Comic Sans there at the end. That is just... *chef's kiss*![]()
I'm a bit of a font-junkie. It's kind of a condition. OK, fine it's in fact a weird obsession of mine....I'll admit it. I actually worked in graphic design for many years (and still do some freelance work here and there), and I've always had a bit of a thing about fonts and logos.
This was a pretty cool video, thanks for posting.
This video....... is one of my all time favorites from SNL. I doubt many people would find it anywhere near as funny as I do, but it hits pretty close to home for me.
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We-e-e-e-lllllllll...BTW, 'Comic Sans' is Latin for 'I have no brain'.![]()
Slight derailment but that guy who disparaged doing physics in Imperial units reminds me of being in school for aerospace engineering, and most of my professors making a point to make sure we could do both Imperial and metric units because the American aerospace industry uses so much Imperial. A lot of people stumbled on 1 lbf = 1 slug-ft / sec^2 for some reason but I never had a problem with it. To this day when calculations need doing in Imperial units, my response is CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.We-e-e-e-lllllllll...
Discovery of the Higgs Boson annnounced with Comic Sans....
The first tweet in the article is the font's designer responding!![]()
On down the derailment siding, yes I agree. My college emphasized metric, but out here it's been whatever, mostly Imperial, straight along. And when I started at the company I'll soon retire from, long years ago, the favorite heat transfer unit was watts/inch-°C. Kept you from using exponents as much.Slight derailment but that guy who disparaged doing physics in Imperial units reminds me of being in school for aerospace engineering, and most of my professors making a point to make sure we could do both Imperial and metric units because the American aerospace industry uses so much Imperial. A lot of people stumbled on 1 lbf = 1 slug-ft / sec^2 for some reason but I never had a problem with it. To this day when calculations need doing in Imperial units, my response is CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
Edit: I also remember now a time in my Thermodynamics class when a guy asked if they would lose any points for converting a problem into metric and then converting their answer back to Imperial. The professor responded "That's fine, but we will mock you." I couldn't help but think the mockery would be especially intense if they got the wrong answer from messing up a conversion.
While we are derailed: Just this weekend the automated weather reporting in our aircraft radio gave us the temperature as 12°C at 3000 ft while our GPS gives us nautical miles and billing needs statute miles. Not to mention our patient minute ventilation is figured by estimating ideal body weight in kg based off the patients height in inches.make sure we could do both Imperial and metric units because the American aerospace industry uses so much Imperial.
Great skit....yes, that font is a bit overused...HAI'm a bit of a font-junkie. It's kind of a condition. OK, fine it's in fact a weird obsession of mine....I'll admit it. I actually worked in graphic design for many years (and still do some freelance work here and there), and I've always had a bit of a thing about fonts and logos.
This was a pretty cool video, thanks for posting.
This video....... is one of my all time favorites from SNL. I doubt many people would find it anywhere near as funny as I do, but it hits pretty close to home for me.
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Gill Sans? Isn't that the London Underground font?[edit] FWIW, my main logo was in a Gill variant, and most of my text was in a boring sans serif font (Calibri? Arial? Can't remember).
That’s the one, though it was a slight variant that doesn’t come in the standard Windows library. After the campaign, I saw a description of it in a book “an inherently trustworthy font, never fussy, consistently practical.” (Just My Type by Simon Garfield). Not a bad message for a school board candidate, though it didn’t carry me across the finish line.Gill Sans? Isn't that the London Underground font?
I like to be contrarian. I use Comic Sans MS exclusively, mostly because it drives a lot of people nuts. And I do like it.I remember being amazed at how incredibly geeky and narrow-focused that SNL be was. I loved it. I don't know if I noticed that Papyrus text was shown in Comic Sans there at the end. That is just... *chef's kiss*![]()
Font discussions are just a glue thread in disguise....I love a good font discussion.
Here's one of my favorites.
The thing that still bends my brain in metric is that Newtons can be both a force measurement and a mass measurement. Foot-pounds is more intuitive. Converting newton-secs to get thrust-to-weight ratios is a bloody PITA.Slight derailment but that guy who disparaged doing physics in Imperial units reminds me of being in school for aerospace engineering, and most of my professors making a point to make sure we could do both Imperial and metric units because the American aerospace industry uses so much Imperial. A lot of people stumbled on 1 lbf = 1 slug-ft / sec^2 for some reason but I never had a problem with it. To this day when calculations need doing in Imperial units, my response is CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
Edit: I also remember now a time in my Thermodynamics class when a guy asked if they would lose any points for converting a problem into metric and then converting their answer back to Imperial. The professor responded "That's fine, but we will mock you." I couldn't help but think the mockery would be especially intense if they got the wrong answer from messing up a conversion.