The lowercase characters are just Monotype Corsiva (a.k.a. the Zapf Chancery stand-in) rotated backwards a few degrees. It looks like the “ng” was rotated as a unit. The ampersand is Times New Roman. The two S’s appear to be Garamond, stretched a bit horizontally.

This is not what I would call fine typography. An interesting amateur effort, though. (Sorry for the dismissive tone, but that’s my honest opinion.)

Sorry Mark, I forgot to add the “sarcasm emoticon”. Impressive detective skills, though. I only got as far as (slightly squished) Monotype Corsiva.

This was in a guide for an event I attended with my girlfriend’s family — who thought I was kind of nuts for going off about “crimes against type” for several minutes.

Haha I missed the sarcasm too. Understood now though! Squished type is all too common. ::shudder::

Sorry Mark, I forgot to add the “sarcasm emoticon”.

That’s a relief. I thought it was hideous and I was starting to feel sorry for you. You’re new here, so I wasn’t quite sure you weren’t serious. People sometimes do think such things are cool.

It’s difficult to convey a sense of humor online. In person (or even on the phone), people can (usually) tell you’re kidding. I resort to emoticons more often than I’d like. They are useful in a dumb kind of way.

“I resort to emoticons more often than I’d like. They are useful in a dumb kind of way.”

I feel the same way Mark, If we didn’t use them people would have a longer double take before getting the joke. The downside is, some people would perhaps be hurt or insulted so I err on the “dumb” (most of the time).

ChrisL

Perhaps we need a new system of “emoticons that don’t suck”. I occasionally think of using existing ones, but then for some reason feel like a 14-year-old... and then there’s the occasional and unwanted addition of jittery graphical icons. (shudder emoticon)

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Some of them make me feel like a blockhead. I hate the automatic GIF variety which interject themselves without being asked.

ChrisL