The most-hated font in the world
Poor old misunderstood Comic Sans – created with the best intentions – but either hated or poorly used. Take a look at this story on Wall Street Journal about the font, and its creator Vincent Connare.
Star Wars vs. Saul Bass
Imagine if Saul Bass had designed the Star Wars intro. Via Jason Kottke.
Ugly
Call it the influence of MySpace or a reaction to the slick clean design status quo, but the Creative Review blog discusses what it is (possibly) calling “The New Ugly”. The most high profile example of this is, of course, the Olympics 2012 logo.
How to improve typography on the web
We’re sticklers for detail, but getting typography to work well on the web is not easy. Or, as Mark Boulton and Clearleft put it, typography sucks on the web – and they have a SXSW presentation online that goes into detail of how to improve it.