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Charities that support the Haiti relief effort ♥ Papyrus

Bryan writes:

Even in the midst of tragedy we can (measuredly) bemoan the bland ineffectiveness of Papyrus (Check out that horrible cap-A - http://www.jubileeusa.org/index.php). But rusticated breaking chains are still broken chains. And _that_ is effective. Good luck to Jubilee's efforts that may benefit Haiti.

He continues:

Fun blog. Keep it up! Thought you may get some good talk about Papyrus while keeping the flames stoked for Haitian relief.

Cheers,
Bryan

P.S. I learned about Jubilee by way of ONE who is keeping a nice running summary of efforts (and worthy charity/NFP links) at: http://bit.ly/5MkMj4

Well thanks so much to Bryan! What a nice email, and seriously, if you haven't donated yet, try to do so. Even if it's a dollar, we're talking about one of the poorest parts of the world and recovering is going to require a lot of time and money.

There's definitely Papyrus in there

Can you guess who's behind them kitty-like eyes?!

An Open Letter to James Cameron From Papyrus

You have to read this open letter to James Cameron written in the voice of Papyrus. There are even screenshots of the subtitles and the title card. Click here to see it.

I wonder if anyone on the moviemaking team will come out to address the font choice, as it is clear it has a lot of people scratching their heads/ass/eyes (out).

is that bellydance place using the Avatar font?

No. They are using Papyrus.



Just like James Cameron did in the movie he spent $500 dollars making. Maybe they ran out of money right as they went to buy the license for another font.

That bellydance place was sent to me as a coupon from groupon.com.

An Avatar + Papyrus Hootnanny

So way back in August, I wrote this when the trailer was released. Of course now, the movie is out and a lot of people are going bananas over the use of Papyrus, the font recommended by 4 out of 5 people who don't know a damn thing about design or typography.

Gizmodo had this. In that, they share some of the twitter buzz and reveal that the subtitles are all in Papyrus as well.

Some great things to come out of the original post's comments however were this mockup of a French Avatar poster using Comic Sans (might as well right?):



Even better, from the comments, Tim Girvin, a man who had worked with James Cameron wrote:

...I’d heard about Avatar and seen some of the opening treatments of the concept of its visual identity. Early renderings and pre-marketing show reels expressed this in a font that to my thinking failed to appropriately reach to the innovation potential of his visioning. I wrote him — a series of letters — with ideas and pleas for involvement.

Girvin's post is lengthy and very interesting so I encourage you to read the whole thing.

I've reached out to Chris Costello, who I've interviewed in the past, to find out whether he knew anything about Papyrus being the defining typeface of one of the biggest blockbusters of the decade.

For now, it's still all the RAGE on twitter.

Papyrus overload

Rob is on the job! He sent in some new stuff.

hey!

I've noticed the overuse of papyrus for probably over 2 years, about a year ago i started vocalizing about it.

so anyways, we had a Halloween party this year and I made the banner with our favorite font! completely forgot about it, as a joke. and as expected, no one really understood the joke. it fit right in!

He goes on:

the wolf run one is from the tropicana resort in atlantic city, i was there this weekend and saw this very high production value papyrus sighting

also, i started my own blog http://latfpapyrus.blogspot.com , because the shots in my cellphone were starting to stack up.

2 minutes after creating the blog, my friend pointed me to your blog and I realized you had already done a lot of work! so as long asyou don't mind me bothering you with submissions, I'll keep sending them your way!

thanks!
- Rob

I don't mind at all and the fact you felt compelled to explore the overuse of Papyrus as well is a testament to how bad/fantastic this epidemic truly is. The news is all over the economy, swineflu, the gays, etc, but do they ever once alert us to the dangers of Papyrus abuse?!

It's a conspiracy dammit.

Rhythm & Jews

seriously...

This was sent in by Rob who concurs, "religion loves papyrus!"



Thanks for sending, Rob. I love the "It's a MITZVAH... at a BAR". Very clever, Papyrus lovers.

iheartpapyrus ♥s failblog

If you haven't seen failblog, DO. It's awesome. Also, they posted this:



Beyond the obvious questions like "is that real?" and "how much does it cost?", the question might be, at no point during the start-up process for this particular business (incorporating, registering with appropriate government entities, getting a giant "HAND JOB" sign made and paid for) was anyone able to suggest an alternative name? I mean, clearly, we know from experience, Papyrus needs to be a part of every creative endeavor (looking at you James Cameron). But sexual euphemism...

bet it'll be the talk of the town.

religion still ♥s Papyrus

After the work of the great masters during the Renaissance, almost everything inspired by Christianity has been insipid, boring, and a total waste of everyone's fucking time. Don't believe me? Look at this pile of trash:



That's "One Nation Under God," by contemporary artist Jon McNaughton. He's an asshole. I could elabporate but this guy has done a pretty decent job.

Anyway, the point is, Jesus evidently wants the people He inspires to be mediocre at best. AND Papyrus is all over this video. Don't really watch it. Seriously. The people who made it probably think it's hilarious, and religious baffoon's with no sense of humor (most of them) probably love it. But I assure you it sucks:

passive aggression ♥s Papyrus

From a pretty hilarious group of signs in the vain of passiveaggressivenotes.com, came this gem:



No need for punctuation I guess when the situation could not be made any clearer.

The Whole Village ♥'s Papyrus

From Tone:

I was looking for a font that went well with Papyrus for my site when I came across your blog and laughed. I didn't think Papyrus was really that bad, then I started noticing it all over the place. My whole site is using Papyrus including my logo and the books I print, talk about overload. I just thought the font matched with what I was trying to say. But you are right, we use Papyrus as a species too much. I need to ween myself off of this font slowly, is there a 12 step program you know of? Maybe that's a post you can make on your page "Too much Papyrus? Here are the 12 font steps to decrease your addiction". Nice. I have attached a few photos, not for "shameless self promotion" but so you could see what I mean. I hope all is well with you, take care.

Here's a shot of the site, and you can visit it to see for yourself.



Thanks for sending Tone!

close to the perfect place for papyrus

The only thing that would have made this a more perfect place, is if it were on the INSIDE:



Not only is it Papyrus, but they scaled the width down too just so it's even more unreadable. This is a lesson in poor branding. Brand yourself in a font EVERY DAMN NOVICE USES (lookin at you James Cameron) and then make it hard to read your contact information, and THen, THEY uglify a perfectly nice looking dumpster.

Oh, and it's on their website too.

c'mon James Cameron, you can afford to splurge on a font

So Avatar.

Guess what?! As MikeO brought to my attention, it is covered in Papyrus.




Could this be a great usage of Papyrus, or the greatest usage of Papyrus? I mean, he might as well have used Comic Sans. Seriously dude, you're like, a bajillionare, you can afford a suite of fonts. Maybe he's editing it in iMovie. I don't know. I just know whoever designed this trailer is either laughing hysterically about this, or a day away from the unemployment office. Maybe both.

Seriously!

I think I prefer the fan-made one:


Oh and thanks MikeO

Bombadil Publishing ♥'s Papyrus

John was kind (and brave) enough to send (and admit to) this com[pany's card and marketing.



He writes:

This would be an act of shameless self promotion if we had chosen papyrus for this very reason. Of course we didn't, so it isn't.

:-D

It's all over the site too!

Thanks for sending John! And hot diddly doo! I can upload images again!

low fat bastard

Here's an old one I never put up... Saw it at Sevananda in Atlanta.

unfunny comics and indian princesses

got a great email from Bill who writes:

OK, so I happened upon your blog by what wonderful chance I can't even recall, but have been really enjoying reading your archive.

Ahh, yes... A FireFox history search indicates it was after reading http://www.xkcd.com/590/ that I Googled "Papyrus Font" and the rest (of the hours I am being paid to "work" at the office) is history.

Anyway, I love your links to things like the Gallon of Milk on Amazon, and I was doing another random search and came across this little gem:

http://prairie.algonquinlonghouse.org/about.htm

Someone, apparently, stole their kerning. I am guessing that they didn't *pay* someone for that header graphic. It is like a color and font "cage match" where everyone lost.


Regards,

Bill from HB

Thanks so much Bill!

To me, XKCD is maybe the most unfunny, poorly drawn, suckfests on the web but that guy there is certainly topical if nothing else. The indian princesses page is awesome in its use of papyrus with maybe one of the worst logos ever shat.

Thanks again for the kind words and sending this along.

Ghost Town ♥'s Papyrus

There are a couple scenes where Bertram is at Gwen's mummy thing and of course, the promotional material is designed with Papyrus.



It is like, an Egyptian mummy. Papyrus makes a lot of sense there since it's always awesome and makes a lot of sense to use anytime, all the time, now and forever.



Movie was actually kind of fun too.

flickr mail? really?

I wouldn't have thought to check but I am glad I did. Mike sent a link (via flickr mail) to this comic.



Thanks Mike!

now that I can post again, I can share submissions again

and Erik writes:

Heres some AMAZING Papyrus!
in fact.. The whole site is drowning in it!

http://www.piggys.com

Take care

See, now why use decorative fonts for accents when you can use it everywhere?!

holdover from last year at myrtle beach

This was in the same steet mall as Jummy Buffet's Margaritaville. Yes, everything was awesome.

photobooth papyrus

You can rent these photobooths for weddings, parties, gang bangs and so forth. The flyer/ad/postcard deal has the #1 font of all time on it:



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Separately, since the country is a buzz in outgoing and incoming presidents, here's a little fun from the Onion. A Funyun if you will.


Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

closing out the year with music and car repair

First, the Papyrus and the nonsense. For two years now, upon returning to the MARTA parking deck, my truck is seriously ailing, and required repair. Hopefully, this does not become as traditional or regular as Papyrus. This was on the car shop counter:


rpraznt mofugs...

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And now, just for Shlitz and Pickles, a best of list. This is my "best of" for albums released in 2008. The stipulations are one, it had to be a 2008 release. Second, I had to have it in my collection. Third, and most importantly, the album had to be good, listenable, and entertaining throughout the cd, greater than about 65% of the cd. That means if it were a ten track album, less than three or four songs would find themselves on the wrong side of the "Next Track" button. So without further (or any) adieu, here we go.


5. Ben Folds - Way To Normal
Standout song: Bitch Went Nuts
(online) "You Don't Know Me"


4. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
Standout Song: Lovecraft In Brooklyn
(online) Sax Rohmer #1



3. She & Him - Volume One
Standout song: Black Hole
(online) This is Not a Test



2. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Standout song: The Grey Estates
(online) The Grey Estates


1. Islands - Arm's Way
Standout song: Creeper
(online) Creeper

That's it. Give some of them guys a listen. Hope you like a few. Happy New Year everyone.

Papyrus is frothing with holiday spirit

This came in the mail today:


A sentiment made only more meaningful by the usage of Papyrus.

Merry Christmas everyone, from the bottom of my heart. The top of it is reserved for Papyrus love and you can't have any of it.

Payrus like a Virus

Amanda writes:

Hi there,

Stumbled upon your blog - and love the theme! Anyway, I'm sure this activity will prove to be somewhat addictive, seeing how much this font gets used by local businesses here in Ottawa, Canada.

Thanks for the day's smile...

Amanda

And thank you for sending that Papyrus sighting!

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And for some major fun, watch this:


Papyrus is kindof a virus : )

Survive THIS!

Ryan expressed "I am suprised the new survivor season logo isn't on here!"

Well it is now, buddy!


If that ain't mediocrity at it's finest, then slap my sack around and call me a tommyknocker.

dolphins ♥ papyrus, forill grrl

from the site:

Kiss of a Dolphin, written by Dreams for Kids founder and President, Tom Tuohy, was featured at the Maui Writers Conference and was premiered at Soldier Field in Chicago, has been praised as “amazing…a remarkable story of courage and fear...a powerful book – reminding anyone of all that is right in the world."

Hey... you wanna french dolphins, dude, be my guest. I just like the font.

SNL (Religion kinda) still ♥'s Papyrus

Saturday Night Live still ♥'s Papyrus:



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and separately...

For anyone having trouble understanding the current economic crisis, have a look at this clip from Duck Tales, the kids cartoon:



That's a nice, general overview. If you want to get nostril deep into that stuff, check out Zeitgeist: Addendum.

Serenity by Jan

The baddest, mother in design, Ty, sent me this:

Hey Joe! How's it going? I've got a Papyrus sighting for you. Peace, Ty

The character Jan Levensen from the NBC show The Office, has rolled out a new line of scented candles named "Serenity by Jan" sporting a logotype with non-other than Papyrus:

Hope all is well with you Ty. Thanks a lot!

Colorado's got it goin' on, grrrrrl

Carolyn sent this one in:



Thanks Carolyn

La la la Leland

Leland sent a couple Papyrus addled gems:


www.sublimehome.biz... Oooo. Dot biz!

And there's Simba here:


That's a place for drug addicted Sigfried and Roy throwaway cats to find God.

Seriously... Papyrus is all over that site and it's AWESOME!

Thanks Leland

Wheels

saw this off digg:

More submissions

Some from Colin who simply wrote:

These were all taken in Sarasota, Fl.

Thanks Colin!

Where there's a whip, there's a way

It's been too long! I have all these great submissions and pictures and little time to post'em. Thanks to all who are sending... I'll be posting these guys more and more here.

To kick'em off, Jayson sends this:

I found this on a t-shirt while on vacation at Disney MGM Hollywood Studios.

AWESOME!


Thanks-
Jayson Weidel

Thanks Jayson!

straaaaaaaaaange

Papyrus is in here... right at the end.

Brace yourself:

It's like Tim & Eric but worse!

Chicago

Justin sent these from his trip to Chicago:


Glorious... right there all metro and shiz


Look at that! It's freakin' carved in STEEL!

Thanks Justin!

Nothing cleans your a$$hole like Papyrus

Eliot sent me a link to the site, sattvahealing.com.



No lie, people can have as much as 10 to 30 extra pounds of doody crammed up their fudge hole that can all be eliminated doing high colonic irrigation. Don't believe me, look here. (source)

Clean yer poopers, kids.

the idiocy of idiocy

This story about burning books was on digg today:


The whole thing is just riddled with design no-nos.

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And just as an aside, some of you know I was really pullin' for Ron Paul in the primaries. He ended up getting a raw-deal in the press and the whole thing proved to be inspiring, and frustrating, at once but it all ended, and I had to face it, and deal with it.

I'm not going to support this argument here but, Hillary Clinton is being an absolute and total power-hungry bitch. She's been deceptive and devisive through the whole last leg of the democratic campaign and now, when people want to presume Barack is the nominee, she wraps her iron clad cunt around the fishing line thread of a chance she barely has to stay in a race she already lost. It's clearly selfish and serves only as a distraction.

Papyrus pwns terrorism

Jason sent something along:

Hey!

Found this picture:

on this webpage:

http://www.kauz.com/news/18433304.html

Also attached it to this email. Thought it was a particularly funny context for Papyrus to be applied.

Hope things are well! It's been a while since I last submitted.

- Jason (Atlanta, GA)

Thanks a lot Jason. That's a pretty awesome graphic.
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Oh and in a totally unrelated note, I made a really stupid Obama video. Seriously idiots. Obama is not a terrorist or a Muslim. I'm looking at you white FOX news viewers. Anyway, the mouth animates awfully but you get the idea:

rough rider papyrus

Mark writes:

Our art department designs stuff for Harley Davidson. Yesterday we went to the store to get ideas and see what to (and not to) do.

MARXMITH

That's a good philosophy until you have to buy new wheels. You might smoke 'em a little less. Anyhow, thanks much Mark!

Iraq and Sasquatch ♥'s Papyrus

An Iraqi blog I ran across had this:


It's kind of an interesting blog.

Then, the lovely and talented Jami P sent this guy in:


Alabama is #8 on that list.

In an unrelated note, this is the song that plays continuously in my head: