----------------------------------- charles apple Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:12 am Why you don't use free gimmick fonts ----------------------------------- Kristina Wells of The Central Valley, N.Y. Times Herald-Record reports today: "E" is for embarrassed — like the teacher who inadvertently used a kinky alphabet in a handout to parents. "C" is for the calls alerting school officials to the sexy script. And "A" is for the apology that followed. A veteran teacher used the font — depicting quasi-anatomically correct male and female stick figures contorting into letters of the alphabet — on the cover sheet of a spelling curriculum given to parents at a Pine Tree Elementary open house last week. Think Kama Sutra meets Sesame Street. But at first glance, it's difficult to make out the salaciousness of the type font. ...The design is so subtle that even school officials missed it. And many parents didn't know what they were looking at until they received a letter of apology Friday from Pine Tree principal Jean Maxson. "This packet was reviewed by a number of people, including myself," Maxson wrote. "I take full responsibility for this inappropriate publication." ..."It was very unintentional. No one did this on purpose," Superintendent Joseph DiLorenzo said. "It was missed. It was a mistake." Mistake, which begins with the letter "M." You can just imagine what that looked like. Read it in today's Record: http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060919/NEWS/609190319/-1/NEWS13 Read the inferior AP version here: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060919/D8K7LBBO0.html ----------------------------------- nicole bogdas Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:45 am ----------------------------------- Charles fails to mention that The Record has an image of the handout. Mistake, which begins with the letter "M." You can just imagine what that looked like. No, I couldn't. *shiver* ----------------------------------- Jonathan Kleinow Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:11 am ----------------------------------- Geez, I know Times New Roman is boring, but this... And now I'm going to save Jessmer the effort and ask the question: Where can we download this font? ----------------------------------- Curt Milton Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:28 am ----------------------------------- I wouldn't exactly call that font "subtle." How could they have missed it? Sheesh. ----------------------------------- Mark Koenig Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:40 am ----------------------------------- What exactly did this teacher think the font was supposed to be? Because I'm in the 'that's about as subtle as a kick in the teeth with a golf shoe camp' personally. ----------------------------------- Autumn Heep Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:16 am ----------------------------------- My mouth was agape when I saw the photo of the hand out. Now, if I wasn't looking for anything, there's a small (very small) chance I wouldn't see it. But after knowing what it's about, all I can say is oh my god! I would be extremely PO'd if that came home with my kid. Hopefully they didn't know what they were looking at, it's literally X-rated stick figure poses. I'm with Mark, how in the world is any of that subtle, I mean the … and the …! ----------------------------------- charles apple Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:24 am ----------------------------------- Just remember: It's not the size of your serifs that counts. ----------------------------------- Mike Rice Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:32 am ----------------------------------- Charles fails to mention that The Record has an image of the handout. Mistake, which begins with the letter "M." You can just imagine what that looked like. No, I couldn't. *shiver* Lucky for you Nicole, that's why they posted a picture. :wink: Now you can REALLY wonder how someone would be dumb enough to: A) not notice the explicit nature of the font. And B) choose such a horrible looking font in the first place. The second half of that is the part that keeps me up at night. :shock: Anyone know what the name of the font is? Because if it's got a name like "Kinkyfont" or something like that, this teacher has got to learn to pay more attention in class. ----------------------------------- martin gee Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:15 am ----------------------------------- i can't believe i'm going to say this... she should have used comic sans. ----------------------------------- Mike Rice Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:20 am ----------------------------------- i can't believe i'm going to say this... she should have used comic sans. Martin, We're going to have to ask you to leave now. Please turn in your Design team ID and secret decoder ring at the door on your way out. :wink: ----------------------------------- JoshTrudell Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:37 am ----------------------------------- Apparently this font's name is "Group Sex." http://www.searchfreefonts.com/archive/img/groupsex.gif http://www.searchfreefonts.com/search/?q=Group+Sex And I can't think of anything else to say right now that isn't a really awful joke. ----------------------------------- Mike Rice Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:59 pm ----------------------------------- Apparently this font's name is "Group Sex." http://www.searchfreefonts.com/archive/img/groupsex.gif OK - how do you load a font named "group sex" on your machine, select the font name "group sex," layout something using the font named "group sex" and not realize that "group sex" might not be suitable for your audience? ----------------------------------- Lynette Abitz Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:29 pm ----------------------------------- That is just bad. I'll admit, I stared intently at the image, otherwise I might not have noticed all the weird positions. I'm disgusted that a teacher chose such an ugly font that's hard to read. And, as much as it hurts me, I think I'm with Martin on using Comic Sans instead. ----------------------------------- douglas e. jessmer Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:18 pm ----------------------------------- And now I'm going to save Jessmer the effort and ask the question: Where can we download this font? Kleinow Kleilater, and all of you, I know I have a Glen Quagmire persona around here, but there is NO WAY in this world I'd want that abomination on my computer, or anywhere around me, if I could help it. 1. It's not that legible to me. 2. It's gimmicky. Plus, they're stick figures, for crying out loud. 3. It's... vile. Disgusting. Revolting. Tacky. Ewww. If that teacher was dumb enough to use "Group Sex" as a typeface for a handout or whatever, she oughta get canned. Period. I wouldn't want my kids (if I had any) to see something like that. (Goudy Old Style Italic, anyone?) ----------------------------------- Beth Androuais Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:33 pm ----------------------------------- Thanks, guys. I was in the LIBRARY when I read this thing. Someone asked me if I was ok; I was laughing so hard I was crying. And shaking, cause I was trying not to laugh out loud. But on a serious note, the handout was given to parents at an open house. And Doug, don't even joke about having kids. I worry for them already. ----------------------------------- chrisolds Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:21 am ----------------------------------- A couple of questions to ask... 1. What was the font doing on a school (presumably a teacher's) machine? 2. How could the font have been selected without its name -- which should have redflagged both its use and it's location -- being noticed? Somebody should be taking more than blame over such a public mistake in an educational setting. A head should roll -- I'm sure one has for less. ----------------------------------- martin gee Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:29 am ----------------------------------- We're going to have to ask you to leave now. Please turn in your Design team ID and secret decoder ring at the door on your way out. :wink: fine! all the messages i get with the decoder ring says "be sure to drink more ovaltine." sonovabitch! LOL @ beth! chris: the last time i checked, it's easy to change font names. fonts get pirated all the time. i remember image club would sell knock off classics like fake gucci purses and have slightly different names. there are TONS of free font sites. wanna see my bookmarks? the teacher probably looked at the sample and said "oh cute! stick figures!" i doubt she'd use it if the font was called "group sex." come on now. but you should get fired for using lithos, tekton, hobo, comic sans, critter, giddy-up and remedy from emigre ----------------------------------- JoshTrudell Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:31 am ----------------------------------- I'm guessing this teacher made this flyer at home. Which would have escaped the IT guys red flags.