Alicorn comments on [HPMoR] Trailer up - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ewang 12 May 2011 12:01:50AM 0 points [-]

The only objection I have is to the use of a default font. It makes the whole thing look rather amateurish.

Comment author: Alicorn 12 May 2011 01:47:19AM 2 points [-]

Is there some big index of fonts and what each of them mean? I've been publicly ridiculed for doing my webcomic in Papyrus, but I had no way to know anyone had specific value judgments about it, I just saw it on the menu and thought it was pretty. I'd like a way to avoid that in the future.

Comment author: ewang 12 May 2011 11:04:24PM *  0 points [-]

Well, for most things Papyrus is good for, Centaur is too. It's a pretty underrated font.

Comment author: curiousepic 12 May 2011 10:54:57PM *  0 points [-]

http://inspirationlab.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/infographiclarge_v2.png There's a more recent one I'm trying to find, will update with it.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 12 May 2011 10:29:11PM 0 points [-]

It's not a list, but if you want to check on the general social opinion of a font, you can google the font name, possibly along with the word "font". For example, the first four results (for me at least; does anyone know how to stop Google from 'customizing' its search results?) for 'papyrus font' are a wikipedia page about it, a link to the google images search for it, "Papyrus Watch - Exposing the overuse of the Papyrus font" and "5 Terrible Fonts You Shouldn't Use in Print Design".

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 12 May 2011 10:55:27PM 1 point [-]

does anyone know how to stop Google from 'customizing' its search results?

Have you tried deleting Google's cookie?

Comment author: Alicorn 12 May 2011 10:48:11PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, "Papyrus Watch" is the site that made fun of me.