Ju Look Fontastic!
Category: Design...
Posted Thursday, May 05, 2005 at 03:24 PM [GMT-6]

Fellow Midland blogger Kelly over at Stark Trek asks an eminently reasonable question: What's the proper font for sarcasm?

I was sure that my go-to resource for fonts would have one called "Sarcasm" but, alas, that was too easy. However, a series of fortuitous clicks led me to the free fonts page of The Core Font Lab, where you can download the "Hardedge FontPak" which contains a font that fits the bill. Unfortunately, due to strict editorial guidelines (and Jasmine's eagle eye), I can't print the name of the font here, but I'm sure you'll pick it out easily enough.

Of more interest, however, is the pixel font section of this site, including a highly detailed mathematical explanation of why the designer claims to have created the "Perfect Pixel Font." The font is, indeed, interesting in a cubist sort of way, but the "mathematical support" is proof that anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Here's an excellent resource to learn more about pixel fonts and their uses.

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