Everything I Touch is Turning to Crap

But it has nothing to do with Kristin's submission!

I think this magazine is a wonderful idea and a worthy cause. But, alas, they chose our favorite font.

http://www.meenamag.com/issues/issue_1/king_midas/index.htm

It definitely looks like a nice site with some nice outreach type stuff and user supported content. Click here to read a poem that's sopping wet in Papyrus. Thanks for sending that in Kristin!

And Speaking of Trails

I went up to Blankets Creek mountain bike trail. Trail trail trail. Blah-dee dah. Make way for Papyrus. This sign sits outside the QT (awesome) right off 575 up there.



If yer looking for Creekwood, go straight up. If you get to heaven, you've gone too far.

Putting the "Crap" in Scrapbooking

I couldn't find the page this showed up on but Holly sent this:



Yeah it's a little tough to make out but let your love for papyrus see through its blurrification.

Thanks for the submission, Holly!

Fark Photoshops & Papyrus Cameo

If you haven't checked out FARK.com, do so. It's a great site for news beyond newsworthy like naked drunk guys fighting garage doors and amazing feats of survival thanks to pudding. Anyway. They do Photoshop contests that sometimes turn out really hilariously. This thread was pretty funny and it had this guy:

Speakin' of Etiquette

10 Years ago "trails" meant something entirely different to me. They're both good. The Silver Comet trail is a "rails to trails" project, where the railroad lines are converted to a paved path through the woods and stuff. It's purty and almost 40 miles long! When it's done, it'll run from Smyrna Georgia, right outside Atlanta, to the Georgia/Alabama state line. On to the Papyrus...



Those are the rules. Now stamp that with something- maybe with faux italic.



Awesome. I am starting to know what is meant by the expression "It's good enough for Government work."

Anita Font, and a Mural

So I got a note from Holly (sure, you remember) and she included a link to this pink, Papyrus laden gem.



Thanks Holly!

Station Breakthrough

I was watchin' Wonder Showzen and this was one of the commercials:



Everyone knows there is nothing more terrifying than the miracle of life. Like Papyrus, I'm such a whore I am more scared that I am not pregnant. It's probably because my insides are dead. It's either that or the fact ass-babies always die.

King of Tiger Mountain

Psachyah is amazing. He Writes:

I saw this on a trip to the bronx zoo.

It is massive. This is the story:

After working for six years on that beautiful tiger logo, the graphic designer was standing outside the committee's office to approve the new logo. Just then his mouth dropped, when he noticed that he had forgotten the "mountain" in "Tiger Mountain." "Oh gosh! I am done for, they'll tear me into shreds, they'll eat me alive!". Tearing out his dyed blue hair (this was the nineties), he turned to the only font that could meet this challenge. "Papyrus! can you help me out, just this once, for old times sake!" he cried out to the font sitting patiently in his pre-installed font folder. " NO! you got yourself into this, use helvetica, he's a nice "clean" font (this was the nineties)" papyrus snorted with a middle-eastern accent. Our designer lunged at Papyrus, and a glorious scuffle ensued. When the smoked cleared papyrus was stuffed and mounted neatly underneath the "tiger" logo. The Committee was thrilled "We like what you did with mountain, perfect" they squealed. Out of the corner of his eye our graphic designer noticed that the top of the "t" had been lobbed off in the struggle. He let out a faint chuckle. And that is the story of how the "t" in the "mountain" of "Tiger Mountain" lost his head.

Just in Time for the Movie

X3 is shaping up to be awesome. You hear there are Sentinels in it? I came close to— well... All chaffing aside, I got a little X-Men content here thanks to Brandon:

Ok, this is the X-Men cover. That's Jean Grey's daughter. She's lately gotten herself and the ENTIRE world into another Phoenix problem and that's one of the men that came to destroy her and Earth. Surely nothing can beat the kiss of death when brought about by papyrus.

Awesome art. Awesome submission. Freakin' X-Men Friday!

The Best $1,000 Ever Spent

Littering in Georgia is punishable by fines up to $1,000. That's why I feel like every time I throw my fresh-empty beer cans out the window of my moving pick-up and do not get caught, I feel like I am making money. The beautiful southern landscape is perfect for leaving trash about.

Apparently, whoever buys their coffee at the Dark Sky Cafe agrees to an extent. I saw this downtown while I was walking to work.



In all seriousness, what is the gimmick at the Dark Star? Is it the decor? I never heard of this place and it may as well be a hotel shit-shop or something. But what a grim sounding place?! Maybe it's for gloomy, little emo-goths- the kind that like to litter. I mean, why not just name it the Everyone Dies Cafe? Or the Impending Doom Inn or some shiz...

Psachyah Says...

logo design at its best!
http://www.splorp.com/critique

It's a collection of unique logos that all uniquely incorporate spirals in wholly unique and original ways.



I didn't take too much time to look at all the other stuff there but it looks like the guy's got a lot of interesting links and commentary.

Thanks Psachyah!

Men's Room Stall- A Place For Papyrus

This is about the only way Papyrus gets more fun! Yeah slap it up on the wall of the stall.



Yeah if you can read it through the cell phone blur, Ladies get in FREE! They get they're car parked FREE! And dudes... you get 99¢ drafts! If that's not a recipe for date rape, I need a new cookbook.

That is on the wall of the stall at the gym I been going. This helpful sign is out on the floor:



Don't wear jeans, denim, flannel, corduroy, boots, sandals, or flip flops- at the gym- while you're working out. Is this a safety precaution or just reasonable fashion sense? If yer working out in jeans and flip flops, you're gonna need to read a few more signs.

Amy, I Swear

by the moon and the stars in the ... She found another!

Doing more ad research. Didn't know that catholic churches took paid ads in their programs...funny.
I guess papyrus gets you closer to god....

There has to be some truth to that because every time I see Papyrus, I feel closer to god. It's like they say "God is in everything". Papyrus is like one behind that.

Thaks Amy!

Doc Greens Again

Great food deserves a great font. I volunteered with the USO recently, welcoming soldiers and sending more off to the middle east. I rode the MARTA down to Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and this was in one the Dunwoody station:



I brought a cooler full of juice and stuff and on my way back, I was bringing it through the turnstile and the handle on the cooler got stuck. I couldn't get the damn thing out and I went to call the MARTA people since no one was on duty there. They said someone will be with you soon. 10 minutes later, no MARTA help showed, I went to the phone to call again and in that short 2 minutes, while I was 8 feet away and not looking, some dude ran out with my RES magazine! Jerk!

Anyway... this came like a day later:



And the back is dripping wet in Papyrus:

Junkman's Daughter: A Glorified Spencer's Gifts

Actually, I like Junkman's Daughter and the neighborhood itself. Little Five Points is rockin' with culture and diversity and all that crap. Criminal Records is the record shop right there and Sevenanda came up in an earlier post. I saw Dr Dog, Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, Magnolia Electric Company, and Mates of State, at Variety Playhouse up the street there...

This past weekend, I ran across this on the shelves of Junkman's Daughter:



Papyrus is oh so appropriate here, being Egyptian and all...

Robot Chicken

Popular stop-motion show, Robot Chicken, showed some Papyrus on its Adult Swim line up:

After All that Work

Just go easy on yerself and use Papyrus in the credits. Psachyah sent me a link to this cute little pencil test.



http://www.flipbookpro.com/theater/Animation/emotionalstudy.mov

Thanks Psachyah!

Artist Know

Even the Arab ones in Washington State.

This comes in from Kristin (WITH TWO EYES AND TWO I's)

www.aart.ws

What is T raining. Does it differ from A raining B raining and C raining?

J

I just love finding these for you. How odd.

Kristin
(with two I’s because it’s all about I, I, I!!!!)

I love it when you find 'em! Thank you Kristin!

MySpace... A place for Fonts

A place for hookin' up and showing off pictures of yer totally ripped anything. Dude, I totally know or have met all 874 of my MySpace friends. Totally. Friend me.

Ugh... Anyhow. An old friend from as far back as grade school surprised me the other day by messaging me on MySpace. She was always very nice as far as I remember. She wasn't like all the other girls at school who quickly made beating my ass into submission a habit. She just updated her MySpace and made some cosmetic changes there. Guess what showed up.



Yeah. Instant hot. Oh and she found this:



That's my prepubescent self there in the circle in like 3rd grade or something. I would totally do me.

What? What? What? Okaaaaaaaaay

So, Lil' John is as endearing as Papyrus and of course, they are a match made in heaven:



This still comes from the Dave Chapelle show. I watched all of Season 3 in a night while I was working on that HUGE project in which the client provided the fonts. None of them were Papyrus. It was nice to see Papy in over four and a half hours of the show. You can see clips of this by clicking these links. YouTube has a ton.

Reservation for Awesome

I said it before... What would I do without you, Amy?! You complete me.

Too Funny. I kept wondering why Papyrus looked soooo familiar. The hotel right next to my office has a HUGE sign facing my office window...

www.avilavillageinn.com

It takes a classy place to spot such a classy font. Check out that photo gallery on the web page. First photo- PAPYRUS ON THE DAMN DOOR! Yes!

At the Avila Village Inn, you can check in any time you want, but you won't want to leave.

Thanks again, Amy!

Working (it) All Night

So, I have to work all night but I allow myself breaks... Found this on the last one:



That never gets old.

Oh, I Got Served!

... in an oh, so delicious fashion. Um. This ad popped "behind"(?) or up(?) or my cherry this morning.



It was there when I closed my Weather Channel window. I was upset because I saw there was an onslaught of rain coming this week but how could I stay glum with Papyrus waiting there to cheer me up?

Seriously though... these ads are so retarded. I seriously want to know who has chosen this program as their marketing outreach. I just want to find them, and shake them. I would say, "WTF do frogs have to do with morgtages?!" If whoever designed this little gem ever reads this, I feel for you.

Waving frogs. Get bent.

Ivy League Papyrus

Kristen was kind enough to share the following:



The website, in all truthitude, is well-designed and it's application of Papyrus, in this particular case, is superb.

Now, for a bit of trivia. Speculation claims that Ivy League schools are referred to as "Ivy League" because of the Ivy that grew upon the exterior of the lecture halls and dormatories. However, Ivy grows on the walls of the Cuyahoga Community College and they gang rape chess clubs for nooners. The actual origin comes the original 4 recognized universities. Started by presidents and scholars, these institutions of higher learning were among the four places in the early days of this country you absolutely wanted to be to learn. While there are more schools to be considered Ivy league today, the thought is that Ivy of "Ivy League" came by way of the numeral that best represented those 4 schools- IV.

Good thing there weren't 30 great schools. I'd hate to confuse higher learning with XXX.

Thanks Kristen.

Papyrus Depot

I told you all about how gay I was feeling and how Hope Depot is aswim with Papyrus. Well here's what I was talking about.



This company:



offers this product line:



And boy, do they know the secret of staying on brand! Just use Papyrus on your paint:



no no... All the paint:



the brush:



Put it on the cd:



Actually, you know what... Just put it on all the marketing materials:



and



... ugh.

I need a cigarette.

Low Prices, High Art at Wal-Mart

On a recent trip to Wal-Mart, these bad boys were owning the end-cap:



I can only see half of "Sensible Aroma". I'm sure it's a fine product and all, but the half I can see reminds me of a touilet bowl. Is Wal-Mart saying their shiz-nit don't stick? Take a good look at your circus calibre customer base Wal-Mart. That's quite an assortment of overweight mouth breathers you've managed to attract. The thought of those McDonald's swallowing land manatees getting close to a bathroom summons thoughts of something other and an aroma that's sensible. To me, that represents more of an UnGodly Stench.

I always used to call Wal-Mart the "Lazy-Eyed Over Eaters Flying Nightmare Circus".

The Housing Industry Is Practically Convulsing for More Papyrus!

This comes from Peak, across the pond:

Here's another beautifully considered peice of Type-art. This one is an estate agent in Lincoln (UK). I see no Egyptian connection ... Lincoln's history is Roman.

Anyway.

For mostly all of these photos, you can click them to view an enlargement. If you do in this case, you'll see that when you live in Colonia, you actually live inside three giant cats.

It's always nice to see some international Papyrus. Thanks a ton, Peak!

2x The Sexy

Oh Amy... what would I post without you? The latest from Amy:



Here we go with another example of Papyrus absolutely crushing the five other fonts used in this typographic beauty contest. Feel free to send in yer own!