Papyrus the disease continues...

This a flyer for the Scarecrow Festival in St. Charles, it's not festive without Papyrus.



Where do I start? This is the back of a pamphlet/mailer for a recording studio in Oak Park, IL. Did someone trace a kitten for that Lion head?



Yet another Zen Garden Submission, these poor people can not say organic without papyrus.



This is a the front and only page for this theater company here in Chicago. Now Papyrus is in their logo because I've seen there sign outside their performance space, but if you notice Papyrus is in the source code of the html.



This was ripped off a Rubbermaid brand dish drainer at Ace Hardware.



This is a banner advertising a Yahoo Group that "is an Adult list to post all types of slash stories and links to slash stories that include Faramir, the younger brother of Boromir from THE LORD OF THE RINGS" if you don't believe me and have a yahoo username look here. P.S. It's an "Adults Only" Group haha...



This paper towel piece was found inside a bathroom at a theater and I kinda wish it was toilet paper instead. Sparkle is the company that prints it you can view a closer version here, when you get there mouse over "My Destination" in the "Ocean" Section of Print Designs.



I caught this tv show about the search for the Holy Grail on the History Channel and I found the website online and yes nothing says dessert like Papyrus.

Papyrus, not just a font: a Disease.

Designers today are lacking any motivation for using type as a medium and rather would prefer what looks the part. The font that kills me these days is Papyrus. I see it everywhere. Instead of exploring different typefaces and ways of working them into the image, designers overload the design with shit like Papyrus forcing the organic, rough, humanistic stlye of the type. The worse displays of Papyrus use is when a designer decides to impliment it in the body copy of a publication or website. Papyrus is not at all designed for this. It's illegible and looks like garbage on a page. Can we say display type?

Ok so here are some examples of Papyrus and how apart it is of our daily life. I will let you be the judge but I only enjoy one use of this font and it's even hard admitting that.

This was a button on the iTunes music store. Oh and Brooks & Dun suck.

Serenity is a movie based on some Sci-Fi show.

This is a web template from a website where designers make templates of their own design and submit them to be displayed. You can view others here.

This is a heavy metal bands logo.

Put another dork on the Barbie'! Check out his logo as well.

Twas the night before Bologna...

This is the beginnig of type trashing as we know it. Don't deny your instincts. Large x-height? To scripted to read? Punch them in the face! All relentless type should stop,....uh..now.