Monday, June 25, 2007

On the tyranny of Times New Roman

Times. The times they are a'changin’. Well why aren’t the times new roman a changing? F*ck you! I INTEND you.

wanted to die, but I knew that I could, so I waited to come smell silverwood.

Beauty who’s your assface?

When it’s to do. Full of fall your you’ll all fall on your face. Then eat some eggs. Pregnant by now. Poignant

What is with the dominance of Times New Roman font, and size 12 at that? This monopoly sickens me. No matter how pleasant a font is, being repeated ad infinitum must drag it inexorably towards unpleasantness. Wouldn't we all be better off with a variety of fonts? This debate of course is intimately related to the present oligopsony of software. Still, it says something about the chutzpah of TNR that it can be in our face for so long without drawing undue attention to itself.

Does anybody know what Akimbo is?

Fonts I like: the one used by author Douglas Hofstadter. Honourable mention to the one used by author Daniel Dennett.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I intend you? I thought it was "I well end you!"

What about, "I will Bend you, do you hear me? I will BEND you!"

I like the shock profanity. You have used it like a true master of...profanity.

Times new Roman? Let's just say - it's a story that needed to be told. And told it was - in great strides of cadence, by a manimal of wonderous girth. A man-child, some say. - cw

Anonymous said...

you are interesting. and scary

Anonymous said...

who's your assface? What kind of twisted mind came up with this? Silverwood is banned in 18 states - of various countries. All the states add up to 18, or 19 if you count Uttar Pradesh.

Who left the interesting and scary comment? I feel exposed. rarh!

When's your next post? Hurry up! The world needs laughter. - cw