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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;m Comic Sans, Asshole!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey deVilla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That most hated of typefaces, Comic Sans, gets anthropomorphized and bad-assified in Mike Lacher’s piece for McSweeney’s titled, (in)appropriately enough, I’m Comic Sans, Asshole. This article also appears in The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century.]]></description>
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<p>That most hated of typefaces, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans">Comic Sans</a>, gets anthropomorphized and bad-assified in Mike Lacher’s piece for <em>McSweeney’s</em> titled, (in)appropriately enough, <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/monologues/15comicsans.html"><strong><em>I’m Comic Sans, Asshole</em></strong></a>.</p>
<p class="alert"><a href="http://www.joeydevilla.com/2010/06/15/im-comic-sans-asshole/">This article also appears in <em>The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century</em>.</a></p>
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		<title>Great Free Fonts via Smashing Magazine: Anivers, Fresco and Gentium</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey deVilla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/13/free-fonts-of-the-month-anivers-gentium-fresco/"><strong><cite>Smashing Magazine's</cite> "Free Fonts of the Month" for this particular month arereally, really, really, good.</strong></a> Grab 'em while they're still up!</p>

<p>Here's a sample of <a href="http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/anivers.html"><strong>Anivers</strong></a>, a font created for <cite>Smashing Magazine's</cite> first anniversary. It's been updated for "extended language support, improved glyph shapes and improved metrics and kerning." Note that only Anivers Regular is free:</p>

<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/anivers.html"><img src="http://globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/anivers_font_sample.gif" alt="Anivers font sample" title="anivers_font_sample" width="400" height="390" /></a></p>

<p>Here's <a href="http://www.fontshop.com/freefonts/"><strong>Fresco Semi Bold</strong></a>, "just one member of a large and flexible type family by Dutch design legend Fred Smeijers:"</p>

<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.fontshop.com/freefonts/"><img src="http://globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fresco_font_sample.gif" alt="Fresco font sample" title="fresco_font_sample" width="400" height="361" /></a></p>

<p>And finally, <a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&#038;item_id=Gentium_basic"><strong>Gentium</strong></a>, designed by Victor Gaultney:</p>

<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&#038;item_id=Gentium_basic"><img src="http://globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/gentium_font_sample.gif" alt="Gentium font sample" title="gentium_font_sample" width="400" height="417" /></a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/13/free-fonts-of-the-month-anivers-gentium-fresco/"><strong><cite>Smashing Magazine&#8217;s</cite> &#8220;Free Fonts of the Month&#8221; for this particular month are really, really, really, good.</strong></a> Grab &#8216;em while they&#8217;re still up!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a sample of <a href="http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/anivers.html"><strong>Anivers</strong></a>, a font created for <cite>Smashing Magazine&#8217;s</cite> first anniversary. It&#8217;s been updated for &#8220;extended language support, improved glyph shapes and improved metrics and kerning.&#8221; Note that only Anivers Regular is free:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/anivers.html"><img src="http://globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/anivers_font_sample.gif" alt="Anivers font sample" title="anivers_font_sample" width="400" height="390" /></a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s <a href="http://www.fontshop.com/freefonts/"><strong>Fresco Semi Bold</strong></a>, &#8220;just one member of a large and flexible type family by Dutch design legend Fred Smeijers:&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.fontshop.com/freefonts/"><img src="http://globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fresco_font_sample.gif" alt="Fresco font sample" title="fresco_font_sample" width="400" height="361" /></a></p>
<p>And finally, <a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&#038;item_id=Gentium_basic"><strong>Gentium</strong></a>, designed by Victor Gaultney:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&#038;item_id=Gentium_basic"><img src="http://globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/gentium_font_sample.gif" alt="Gentium font sample" title="gentium_font_sample" width="400" height="417" /></a></p>
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