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- Karmavs, on 01/16/2008, -4/+61About 11 of those could be plastered on the site itself - these 11: http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3984/designpoli ...
- Lutremi, on 01/16/2008, -3/+43Is that...a GIF?
- trammell, on 01/16/2008, -4/+35Someone please turn these into spray paint stencils.
- inactive, on 01/16/2008, -1/+23You can stop boycotting GIF now, the patent has expired.
Sincerely,
The internetz - snarkleclackers, on 01/16/2008, -1/+20I find it ironic that one of the stickers says "Helvetica was an unimaginative choice", considering the entire page is done in Helvetica...
- omaryak, on 01/16/2008, -0/+16"Dare I say... you might have an ad that comic sans works in"
No. Never. You're fired. - openartist, on 01/16/2008, -1/+15No way, I think it's awesome. It's a clever logo, a red highlighter pen cap.
- inactive, on 01/16/2008, -5/+18I still like this one.
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=57095598&s ... - crapmatic, on 01/16/2008, -0/+13Need a "this graffiti sucks" sticker. I'd have to buy a case of them to put on trains.
- AuroraAlpha, on 01/16/2008, -0/+11Yes, it is.
- minnymoo, on 01/16/2008, -2/+13i wonder why i saw lipstick? :[
- jaymcconville, on 01/16/2008, -4/+14I think the logo design in awesome. The best is the huge "WIDOW". They need an orphan though.
- Ramaon, on 01/16/2008, -0/+10Bury me down if you want, but I still think Helvetica Neue can be a pretty good choice, considering it has a billion variations.
Unimaginative choice, maybe, but I would still pick it over a million decorative fonts on any day. Decorative fonts are the cancer that killed design. - katrayun, on 01/16/2008, -1/+10So, in order to police bad design I have to burn out my eye sockets?
- limezor2, on 01/16/2008, -3/+12If I could order stickers like this, I would do it IMMEDIATELY.
- rauz, on 01/16/2008, -4/+13This is a good place to use a GIF, imho. I'd be irritated if it was a JPG although a PNG or PDF(!) would be best.
- ChrisLondon, on 01/16/2008, -0/+9'Comic Sans is illegal' - Brilliant.
- Hoshnasi, on 01/16/2008, -1/+10Do want Ascii art copy of this image to paste in code reviews.
- bryceman111, on 01/16/2008, -0/+8I think if done carefully, Helvetica can work in just about anything... If you want to see a documentary about the font and lots of designers who think you should use it in every design or none, check out: -- http://www.helveticafilm.com --
- giveer, on 01/16/2008, -0/+7Actually, it 500'd. Hit refresh, works fine for me. (loaded 4 times to to be sure)
- openartist, on 01/16/2008, -0/+7If you were a designer or someone familiar with design and typography you'd get the jokes. There are some common trendy design elements (like using helvetica, etc.) that sometimes you'd like to say "dude, that was really unoriginal." A lot of the terms on the stickers (kern, widow, hyphenation) are used in typography and would be useful for proofing a design job or for fun on ads and billboards in the subway.
- stalefries, on 01/16/2008, -0/+7I wish I could digg you once for each one.
- rauz, on 01/16/2008, -0/+6Especially kerning of the monospace fonts :P
- RockinRoel, on 01/16/2008, -0/+6Of course, they only used 2 colors (+ a bit of anti-aliasing), so optimized GIF is smallest and nicest. (PNG is slightly bigger) They've got PDF, so I hope those are vector graphics. SVG would be ideal for web viewing, but it isn't widely applied yet.
- Halsfield, on 01/16/2008, -1/+6thanks for clearing that up openartist.
in other news:
im getting dugg down for asking a question, im an awful person, i think ill throw myself down a well. -_- - limezor2, on 01/16/2008, -4/+9Someone, please start making these. I would buy 2 dozens on the spot.
- rauz, on 01/16/2008, -4/+9Never mind. It had a PDF download link, my bad.
- solid12345, on 01/16/2008, -1/+5Why do many people hate on GIF's? I always found using a JPEG to be the lazy man's way.
- theRobot, on 01/16/2008, -0/+4These are amazing!!!!
- Karmavs, on 01/16/2008, -0/+4REALLY? that would explain why I'm here on it's digg page…
- Karmavs, on 01/16/2008, -0/+4true - but more stickers were better
- inactive, on 01/16/2008, -3/+7Stop.
Hammertime. - Thayin, on 01/16/2008, -0/+3How about you buy a printer instead.
- SLockhart, on 01/16/2008, -3/+6Design nazis stifle creativity.
- boyblitz, on 01/16/2008, -6/+9Red its a bold warning color so should get results. Shame as a designer i hate guys like this, and people your all losers for digging me down but what i say is true.
- inactive, on 01/16/2008, -0/+3Although "Turn of CAPSLOCK" and "break the grid" are definitely silly design complaints in this case. "This has no personality" is kind of a judgement call.
Definitely agree about the logo, microscope, and font at least - b3mus3d, on 01/16/2008, -0/+3These are GIF images. They can use any damn font they like.
- stalefries, on 01/16/2008, -1/+4No, they're talking about hitting the space bar twice after the end of a sentence.
- RockinRoel, on 01/16/2008, -0/+3I like Helvetica Neue too, and I don't think Helvetica is really an unimaginative choice. Comic Sans MS is an unimaginative (and bad) choice.
As for web: Arial, Helvetica, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Verdana and Trebuchet MS are all OK and are cross platform enough. Do remember to type font-family: Helvetica, Arial and not font-family: Arial, Helvetica. - CrimsonFlash, on 01/16/2008, -0/+3I laughed out loud when I saw "WIDOW"
Haha. I am printing this on sticky-back paper for sure. :) - nonstop87, on 01/16/2008, -0/+3I dugg him for you. :D
- Karmavs, on 01/16/2008, -0/+3Not in this sites case. The only actual 'text' on the web page is the microscopic legal copy at the bottom. They could have used any font they wanted.
- ohhoe, on 01/16/2008, -0/+2They have the orphan! There are 5 pages of different ones, not just one.
- stalefries, on 01/16/2008, -0/+2Now I really want some sticker paper to print on. Does flickr sell prints on stickr paper?
- jeffyjones, on 01/16/2008, -0/+2Someone should call scalability-police.com.
- Karmavs, on 01/16/2008, -3/+5I'm not sure, but I think that it's actually even worse. Arial. (look at the a)
EDIT - nope, helvetica, it's just bad anti aliasing. Damn. Digg me down - brownspank, on 01/16/2008, -0/+2There's also Lucida, Trebuchet, and Georgia. You should try them sometime.
- RockinRoel, on 01/16/2008, -0/+2I would classify Helvetica as minimalistic/simplistic (or budget), but not unoriginal.
- Karmavs, on 01/16/2008, -0/+2inside I know that, but I'd like to keep at least some small hope alive
- Kathan, on 01/16/2008, -0/+2bad advertising on the subway?
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