Comments on: Spending Money on Designers Must be a Waste of Money http://www.designtheplanet.com/blog/spending-money-on-designers-must-be-a-waste-of-money/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jeremy http://www.designtheplanet.com/blog/spending-money-on-designers-must-be-a-waste-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-633 Jeremy Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:50:28 +0000 http://www.designtheplanet.com/blog/?p=588#comment-633 Well, personally, I thought the police flyer asking about women being raped was a pretty tasteless use of Comic Sans. Maybe they were trying to brighten up the conversation? I don't know how anyone using a font like that in a situation like that can be allowed to make flyers for anything. Well, personally, I thought the police flyer asking about women being raped was a pretty tasteless use of Comic Sans.

Maybe they were trying to brighten up the conversation?

I don’t know how anyone using a font like that in a situation like that can be allowed to make flyers for anything.

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]]> By: brock s http://www.designtheplanet.com/blog/spending-money-on-designers-must-be-a-waste-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-625 brock s Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:48:26 +0000 http://www.designtheplanet.com/blog/?p=588#comment-625 thought provoking stuff for sure. i knew the logo was strikingly familiar despite my extreme avoidance tactics in regards to anything AVATAR, but yep, totally good 'ol Papyrus MS. i'm at a loss as well when it comes figuring out what kind of logic was applied to arrive at this final design. my rather limited experience with the AVATAR media blitzkrieg has been limited to the terrifying Big Mac tie-in television promos. They inspire internal questions such as "who really eats McDonald's in the park?", "why are you gripping that burger like Gollum would if he had just caught it from a stream?", and "chrissakes, man. get a napkin before that 'special sauce' petrifies on your face". this guy agrees with me. http://bit.ly/7d1LfO also thanks for the mole-mode penetrating heads-up on the hip-hopped slap chop ad last week. how did i not know this existed for so long? thought provoking stuff for sure. i knew the logo was strikingly familiar despite my extreme avoidance tactics in regards to anything AVATAR, but yep, totally good ‘ol Papyrus MS.

i’m at a loss as well when it comes figuring out what kind of logic was applied to arrive at this final design.

my rather limited experience with the AVATAR media blitzkrieg has been limited to the terrifying Big Mac tie-in television promos. They inspire internal questions such as “who really eats McDonald’s in the park?”, “why are you gripping that burger like Gollum would if he had just caught it from a stream?”, and “chrissakes, man. get a napkin before that ‘special sauce’ petrifies on your face”.

this guy agrees with me. http://bit.ly/7d1LfO

also thanks for the mole-mode penetrating heads-up on the hip-hopped slap chop ad last week. how did i not know this existed for so long?

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