Forums

Foo - Worst font use ever

Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.

PDA

View Full Version : Worst font use ever

AllenG

11-09-09, 09:38 PM

http://www.electroauto.com/order.shtml

Screen shot:

http://web.me.com/awcg/iWeb/BF/Photos_files/Screen%20shot%202009-11-09%20at%2011.36.jpg

JoelS

11-09-09, 09:42 PM

That is awful.

RedRider2009

11-09-09, 10:55 PM

+1 for x136's comment, I clicked the link and the font it normal. That font from your screenshot is crazy, why did anybody create a font like that?

LesterOfPuppets

11-09-09, 10:59 PM

12 point arial for me, but I have Firefox force that font. Lemme check the source code...

Yeah, that site is a little screwed up. It specifies "New Times Roman", where I believe they meant to say "Times New Roman".

Your browser is choosing what it deems the closest font to the non-existent font specified.

Siu Blue Wind

11-10-09, 12:23 AM

Dude. What's the problem? I can read it just fine.

Big_e

11-10-09, 12:34 AM

You doing business with the klingons or what? It looks fine when I clicky.

Siu Blue Wind

11-10-09, 12:40 AM

Clicky on the linky and it reads normal. But the screenshot...I can read that easily.

ehidle

11-10-09, 05:38 AM

Looks fine to me..

USAZorro

11-10-09, 06:45 AM

I think it's hilarious.

SonataInFSharp

11-10-09, 06:58 AM

Suzie Green

11-10-09, 08:52 AM

Can't be as bad as WingDings.

Siu Blue Wind

11-10-09, 09:48 AM

Hi Suzie! I thought you were gone for good! Welcome back! :)

gitarzan

11-10-09, 03:16 PM

Check your character encoding in your browser...

bigbenaugust

11-10-09, 03:19 PM

Yup, that's your browser. Comes up in Times on my machine.

coffeecake

11-10-09, 03:21 PM

Still, it's terrible. I thought Comic Sans/Papyrus had that locked down, but this is worse.

AllenG

11-10-09, 03:21 PM

I found that font in my Font Book program. I have renamed it, "Crapy fake Chinese-Klingon" and the site come up in Times Roman now.

knobster

11-10-09, 04:19 PM

I thought it was Chinese at first glance.

root11

11-10-09, 04:23 PM

get something like that every month, from my credit card company.

ms.gio

11-10-09, 04:24 PM

Looks just fine with me. I think it's with your computer. But, good god man...

bigbenaugust

11-10-09, 04:28 PM

Wouldn't it be awesome to write a virus/worm to change the name of Wingdings to Times New Roman or Arial? Chaos would ensue, I am sure of it!

AllenG

11-10-09, 05:19 PM

Can't be as bad as WingDings.

Why does WingDings even exist?

bigbenaugust

11-10-09, 05:21 PM

Why does WingDings even exist?

Cheap substitute for clipart?

coffeecake

11-10-09, 09:02 PM

Cheap substitute for clipart?

Hey, Wingdings has snowflakes. And checkmarks. When you work for a small sign company like I do, ready-made snowflake vectors are essential.

artifice

11-11-09, 11:49 AM

<FONT FACE=New Times Roman>

^^ not sure why "new" times roman made it look like chinese takeout, but it sure did.

ModoVincere

11-11-09, 02:00 PM

System was unable to find a font called "New Times Roman" and substituted the most closely named font it could find, I bet. Font was probably called "New T..."-something.

New Tsung Dynasty? :innocent:

AllenG

11-11-09, 02:15 PM

System was unable to find a font called "New Times Roman" and substituted the most closely named font it could find, I bet. Font was probably called "New T..."-something.

It was listed as just, "New".