Bad (and hilarious) Typography — Typophile archive

blujai20 February 2009 · 23:38

Fish Factory sign
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1230/1249477538_118c4ed0e6.jpg?v=0
This sign is just all over the place. There’s kerning issues in almost every word, extra bold capital letters paired with bold cap letters, and the words do not have a proper baseline. The more you look at it the more problems you find. It’s kind of annoying to look at after a few minutes.

Megaflicks sign
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e57/davemathew76/megaflicks.jpg
This is a video store sign. The picture is pixelated, but I just thought this example of bad type was funny. There’s terrible kerning that makes the letters too close together to spell something else. Check it out.

PublishingMojo21 February 2009 · 04:02

I love the Fish Factory sign. It’s typographic folk art, and it’s a great example of what someone can do who has no training and few tools (a lettering template in three sizes: large, colossal, and humongous), but who has imagination and knows exactly what message he/she wants to communicate. When I see a that sign, I think, “I want to eat here.”