Is it just me, or is Helvetica really that ubiquitous? I noticed it just now. Even our school has it all over the place, along with other crappy type. It’s borderline annoying when designers keep falling back on a tried and tested face. I can’t blame them though—Helvetica’s just gorgeous (but I like Univers and Avenir more). At least they’re not using Arial (although I’ve seen several instances of Arial Blacks recently).

I find myself having symptoms of Typoholism. Whenever I am surrounded by type (which is effectively all the time), I find myself trying my best to identify or recognize a typeface. Even my classmates are horrified whenever I shout “Calibri!” or “Times New Roman!” They also do not understand why Comic Sans MS sucks. Rather, some people, especially those over at Café Ten Titas in Gateway mall (I currently don’t have a picture. If I get the chance to buy a nice camera, then I’ll definitely upload it) do not know how to use Comic Sans in its proper context. I mean, a café embodied by a compendium of over a hundred recipes (or so they say) uses Comic Sans MS for their logo? For everyone to see and recognize? Someone with a good taste for food (I assume) clearly has a lackluster taste for type!

Really, it’s tempting to paste Ban Comic Sans or Design Police stickers all over places.

It would be satisfying to see Design Police stickers that say “Comic Sans is Illegal” all over Café Ten Tita’s place.