Okay, perhaps hate is too strong a word to use, but there are fonts out there that need to never surface again. I can’t say I am the best designer at putting together a really cool, innovative font combination… I tend to stick to the classics or the tried and true. I do love to see a designer that gets it right. Really knows his or her stuff where font combining is concerned.

I thought I was the only one that REALLY hated certain fonts. I am not alone. This man has a particular distaste for Comic Sans and who can blame him.

This person is more thorough in their 5 fonts I wish would die. In case you don’t want to read the whold thing: Papyrus, Lucida Handwriting, Monotype Corsiva (how many times do you see this one in all caps – bleeech), Comic Sans (it’s a trend) and Times New Roman. I agree with them all, though Times New Roman only mildy irritates.

If you’re wondering which font is my absolute Glamour Don’t of all time…

vomit-inducing Hobo

You can imagine my horror when, years ago,  I saw that my father’s company had used this Hobo for the yellow-pages ad in the phonebook. If he was advertising clown noses, maybe, but he has a CPA firm. So wrong. Luckily, it has been rectified since that dark day.

One more hated font… and it was so bad that I’ve blocked the name of the font from my memory (and apparently erased all traces of it from my computer as well) so I can only describe it. Think Olivia Newton-John, leg warmers and headband, cut-off shirt with the words “Physical…” that one.