Life of a typographer

[Purellbeardie21]

My friend nd I are obsessed with law and order svu nd no one else watches it I like to think my friend and I are the awesomest people alive

[Piratepiracy]

can u make a video of what to use typography and what not, and the best font of books, magazines please...Thank you...keep it up

[theceterus]

What's your opinion of the little-used but amazing font Sylfaen?

[swimmingsurfergirl24]

omg! so true! I'm a graphic design student in Washington and I totally know what your talking about. I'm in my 3rd year of school and me and my friends totally have those types of conversations. And we all say "BOO!" to Comic Sans and Papyrus . And it's crazy how much I actually notice typography now, it makes me think "why didn't I ever notice this before?"

[swimmingsurfergirl24]

@swimmingsurfergirl24 And right now one thing I'm totally in love with is the typography they used for the new Princess Bride dvd cover. It says Princess Bride upwards and upside down. SO CLEVER! :)

[Sakurashy131]

I love looking at types of animation people use. I would say, " Wow that looked really beautifully animated!" ya... I love anime :)

[plolalugo]

i have an obsession with cosplay!! i went to the movies dress up as a cosplay from a manga and everybody was staring!! it was so funny!!

[riqmoon]

Argg... I know what you mean. I digitally paint and whenever I tell anyone, they automatically assume that I'm a Graphic Designer. Even though they are completely different.

And I have this really bad habit of critiquing the art in comic strips, like perspective and anatomical errors, and pointing it out to people in my family. No one understands lol.

[Tekkenfreek234]

Actually, wait....About typefaces, I see "Feast Of Flesh BB" being used everywhere these days. I used it for a class once and ever since, I instantly recognize it anywhere I go. It's a pretty easy to recognize font like Papyrus and Comic Sans, but still, it's one not a lot of people seem keen to point out, but I do every time I see it. Hell, a recent movie trailer even used it.

Okay, back to being boring now...

[Tekkenfreek234]

Shit....

I'm an average Joe, I don't have any weird obsessions at all....fuck, I'm boring. Hell, you might as well just start calling me Toothpick now because I'm as boring as a toothpick...

Boy, I've never had a crappier moment than the moment I realized that I'm never going to be an interesting person.

[lynxdaemonskye]

I love keeping fish! Sometimes people who have only ever had a goldfish or a betta start talking to me about it... Usually I just kind of smile and nod because if I said anything it would just be telling them what they do wrong! Here's a tip: even the round-bodied fancy goldfish like ryukins and orandas need 10 gallons to themselves. If you want more than one, get a bigger tank. When properly cared for they can live up to 20 years!

[naturaelanthem]

bad type is not just papyrus and comic sans. it's pretty 'trendy' in the design world to dislike these typefaces, i guess. but it's pretty much naming the obvious.

[WPLxochitl]

can you show us what kind of fonts are made for what?... like if certain fonts are better than others for  lets say a sign of report of something

[artofcows]

perfecting bluescreen process for dv footage

[martokax3]

OMG i'm having typography classes this semester too !! We have to cut out different types of letters from newspapers and magazine and organize them into families . And we are studying optical and mechanical spacement and alignment in words/texts .

I am studying design, i'm on my 2nd year n_n

x Marta

[thesweetdistractions]

hahaa i love this video

[ironwine]

HELVETICA FTW

[Lafaganus]

I agree. I love typography. I am BRITISH :) As you may want to know, and I am a graphics student. Papyrus and comic sans ARE the worst fonts - Ewh! Uhm i love century gothic and utah condensed at the moment - I love your videos; keep on going (^__^)

[rabbitwho]

Typography is really interesting, I wish more people thought so. My CELT certificate has about 10 different fonts in 6 different sizes and some of them aren't even aligned with the lines underneath them.. and not in an intentional way, the cert was supposed to look kind of oldy-worldy classy and dignified, that's what they were going for with their horrible boarder and so on.

[transmatt2121]

comic books, yo-yo's, transformers (before the movie), video editing, ....

[lindsxx]

I am a Graphic Design student as well, and I understood all of what you said in that video. and feel the same way lol

[MayhemII]

I like you. I'm a freshman design major at AIB- and while I haven't really begun to delve into the world of typography, I can tell we think alike.

[JamesStonee]

i'm obsessed with typography! i'm a graphic design student in the UK!

[emmfan09]

HAHAHA Papyrus is so awful. My friend's parents used it on mailing labels they have to her, and I made fun of them/thought of your videos.

[utretro]

I feel like whenever you don't have a use for your green screen, you should just put a random picture or phrase up there. Definitely know what you mean about typefaces though. :)

[onebre]

how much does the Serenity font hurt you?

[BretterThanRealLife]

u r cool. i mean that

[Justtubed]

i honestly think you're the coolest kid in the world.

[mattsasinger]

YES PAPYRUS AND COMIC SANS MUST DIE!!! hahah. I am the only person I know who likes to discuss and debate typography.

[ckXcore]

those glasses are totes ridiculous! Omg people that like to use ridiculous fonts for web sites upset me a great deal! Gouty Stout FTL!!

[hptwilighter]

That's so awesome that you're so passionate about Graphic design!

[FableofLife]

Phantom Papyrus Girl returns???? OH NO!!!!

I thought she was sent to jail....

[blessedbyacurse]

a lot my friends don't really get most of what I like, lol

I mean, they think reading Harry Potter is crazy because it's so long... my friends are weird like that :)

[mickeleh]

I may spend an hour perfecting my moo-ha-ha-ha. And the next hour I'll spend kerning. Not safe to watch your videos. But I love 'em. Yes, i do.

[ArtisticChris]

I collect the marbles our of Ramune drinks, coins of all shape and such, and... Books. I have too many books! Lol! I have to ask though; What do you do with a Graphic Design degree? I ask because alot of art people I know say that Graphic Artist don't really need art skills like an Illustrator or Animator does. Is that true?

[catinplaid]

Hahahah awesome. I love your huge glasses.

[RoboFillet]

I love people who love things I don't understand. Once I found the "transport appreciation" group on YouTube (where they post videos of busses and trains) and it was pretty much the best day ever.

[Maetastic]

I'm a photographer and in my class we always have to make a copy of our prints with a nice layout/border and I'm such a stickler on choosing the correct drop shadow and color for my border!

It freaks me out!

and like... having to choose if I want the picture to be in the center or to the bottom left! It's such an issue for me! And if someone does one and its off or just too strong and cheap looking.. I FREAK.

And don't even get me STARTED for if people add words or "inspiring quotes".

[HerbalAmanda]

I went to school for Herbal Science and every time I tell someone that they say "Oh, like homeopathy?"

I think once you step deeply into a subject you will find the only people who understand you are those you studied the same thing.

[xperpetualmotion]

@HerbalAmanda yeah, that's so true.

[hopeonatenspeed]

haha.

no one ever gets my music theory/history jokes...

sigh...

[xperpetualmotion]

@hopeonatenspeed aww, well I'll be sure to laugh at VidCon even if I don't completely understand.

[geek4freaks]

Everytime i watch a movie i analyze the audio, it is amazing how many errors even big movie companies make in there audio arrangement

[xperpetualmotion]

@geek4freaks That's really interesting. I'll have to pay better attention in the future.

[TheGearsKeepTurning]

I collect coffee mugs... I've only ever used the same mug twice in my videos... and that's my lolcoffee mug...

lol coffee, lol coffee... where for art thou my dearest lol coffee? Oh, there you are *sips*.

[TheGearsKeepTurning]

I hate how everyone tries to use comic sans to make things look 'cool' and 'funky'

Fuck comic sans.

[xperpetualmotion]

@TheGearsKeepTurning haha, so, so true.

[TheEditingShop]

Ya big nerd. I love ya!

I've got a thing about 17th-19th century gentlemen's clothing. Ascots, waistcoats, buccaneer boots, smoking jackets, that kind of thing. I only have 1 friend who's as into it as I am.

[xperpetualmotion]

@TheEditingShop ooh, that's so cool. I love men's clothing in historical movies.

[Thestralsxxx]

I completely agree! I hate papyrus, comic sans, ariel, and to some extent times new roman. Avater used papyrus for the subtitles. UGH!

[xperpetualmotion]

@Thestralsxxx Times New Roman isn't so bad, but the lowercase e is really weird O.o

[Thestralsxxx]

@xperpetualmotion I just think it's a bit overused. I'm a Helvetica fan through and through. (Is that even how that saying is spelled?)

[footynutguy]

I don't know if that kid who collects vacuum cleaners is the coolest kid in the world, but I bet the carpets in his house in the cleanest.

[xperpetualmotion]

@footynutguy haha, most definitely.

[Quinklong]

I have the obsession of photoshopping website layouts or book covers and album covers, even though I don't have a website/a book/an album.

Anyone else do that?

[xperpetualmotion]

@Quinklong I used to do that all the time, and now I still sometimes do when I don't want to do homework :P

[mypeachsoda]

i'm also a graphic design student. i always notice typography and point it out to friends and they think it's weird. for instance, the fact that they used papyrus for subtitles in avatar...i was upset. hahaha =) great video!

[xperpetualmotion]

@mypeachsoda When I heard about that I was so happy I never went to go see it :P

[mypeachsoda]

@xperpetualmotion lucky you! =P overall it was a good movie, but i was taken aback by that.

[ghostwritten87]

Woo, nerdy conversations are the best :D Umm, I suppose I know more about what's happening on Youtube than 100% of the people I know irl (apart from the siblings) . . . oh, and I probably know more about the obscure Twilight Zone episode 'Profile in Silver' than almost anyone, because I'm using it for my dissertation :D I have nerdy conversations with my dissertation supervisor about that.

[xperpetualmotion]

@ghostwritten87 haha, I love knowing a lot about random things like that. Maybe I'll have to check out that episode sometime.

[raffitz]

I just love your videos...

[xperpetualmotion]

@raffitz Thanks!

[CodedLockFilms]

I usually handwrite things on my art projects when possible because I'm INSANELY picky about fonts.

[xperpetualmotion]

@CodedLockFilms Well often handwriting can be a lot more beautiful than a font anyway, depending on the context.

[hypedragon]

i wanted to scream today in class when the professor handed us the questions for our take home exam and it was typed in comic sans. also, every statement ended with an exclamation mark. Who does that???

[xperpetualmotion]

@hypedragon eek, I think I might have refused to take that, or retyped it to be more visually bearable :P

[whoshify]

I totally agree! I'm only a highs chool student but i go to a visual arts school and just finished my graphic design course. Now I cannot stop pointing Helvetica out to nonsuspecting bystanders lol

[xperpetualmotion]

@whoshify haha, Helvetica-spotting is so fun.

[8Jouketje8]

i'm the only one of my friends that watches dr who, and i keep making references but no one ever gets them :-(

[xperpetualmotion]

@8Jouketje8 Same here, unfortunately :(

[fairylightts]

I can't stand Papyrus or Comic Sans. I can't believe I used to like them when I was younger... I also had a chemistry teacher freshman year who gave all her quizzes in Comic Sans. It was mildly painful?

I've had lots of geeky conversations, but I go to a nerd school, so I'm not sure if it counts... though the nitpicky-detailed Harry Potter conversations are always fun. ^^

[xperpetualmotion]

@fairylightts haha, yes, talking about the minute details in HP that nobody else remembers is so fun.

[tetsubo57]

You need to practice your evil, maniacal laugh. :)

Weapons & role-playing games. I own more weapon reference books than my city library. I sketch them as a hobby. They are important to me and basically no one else. I have been collecting RPG books for 30+ years. I have 60+ feet of shelving space dedicated to them. Hundreds of books worth thousands. That not many people care about. :)

[xperpetualmotion]

@tetsubo57 Wow, that is insane. I never really understood RPGs but maybe I'll give them another shot sometime.

[tetsubo57]

@xperpetualmotion Well, if you ever have any questions, feel free to stop by my channel. I do gaming and non-fiction book reviews. As well as topical news commentary. Heck I even have an apartment tour video showing off my books. :)

[jbdazen]

Haha, awesome. It's just like musicians debating over a major 7th that no one will ever hear :P Did you also design your own fonts?

[xperpetualmotion]

@jbdazen No, I've never designed my own font, but there's a course here at risd about type design that I might try to take next year.

[AnIrrationalRatio]

If feel happy knowing that you are so NOT evil that you couldn't do an evil laugh right off the bat. Anyone that can just jump right into one has issues, LOTS of issues and is just so much more likely to push you down a stairs for no reason.

[xperpetualmotion]

@AnIrrationalRatio haha, that is so true. It actually took me about 6 takes before I got through the whole thing :P

[TravelJoe2010]

To talk about a book cover like that...I really have a lot to learn about graphic design lol. It's a problem when you just started studying Graphic Design a semester ago...-_-

Last I checked my typefaces in Word and GIMP, they added a Terminator typeface among others.

[xperpetualmotion]

@TravelJoe2010 aww, well you'll learn a lot. It's just a matter of practice and learning what to look for.

[roadrunner1896]

That website is interesting.

Thanks for linking there.

I will try to use Arial less as to not add more to graphic designer peoples' nightmares.

[xperpetualmotion]

@roadrunner1896 Yay, a little less Arial in the world xD

[slavicpolymath]

Byzantine chant. Don't even ask. It's about as nerdy as it gets. (...unless it's GEORGIAN chant.)

For examples: watch?v=YVFhEgrIDoI

and: watch?v=nYHxxwCUroQ

[xperpetualmotion]

@slavicpolymath That is awesome and I'll definitely check out those videos.

[slavicpolymath]

@xperpetualmotion Warning, it's REALLY SUPER NERDY. You hear it and go "how on earth could you get excited about that?"

[Lyssykins]

Sweet evil laugh =P. Loved it! It was contagious!

Oh man that was such a delightfully nerdy vlog! <333

As an art history student, I have a lot of moments like that about art and such. The gorgeous impressionist brush stroke or the treatment of the artist's touché in a work. Buuut I don't have many fellow art history friends, so the nerdiness is never reciprocated T.T i r lonely.

But my obsession is definitely Marie Antoinette. <3

[xperpetualmotion]

@Lyssykins aww, come visit risd and you'll find tons of people who would love to talk about art history all day xD

[fizzylimon]

OH! And also, my friend and I had a VERY heated argument one time (I don't know how it got so intense) about whether there was an implied second-to-last chord in the theme song for The Office.

[fizzylimon]

pssh that was awesome

And I've totally had conversations like that. When my friends and I watch Disney movies, instead of just singing along, we sing chord names and always end up laughing at/cheering for modulations. Also, when someone picks an interesting chord, we all go "ooh!" and analyze what makes it so interesting.

So I know exactly where you're coming from.

[xperpetualmotion]

@fizzylimon That is so wonderfully nerdy.

[lexaguitar16]

When I make the nerdiest comments on the face of the planet, and people actually get it, and then we have a Fight to the Intellectual Death. Generally these friends are at an equally nerdy level as me.

Also being excited when you have to collect the trash you produce for 4 days so you can figure out what you need to do to decrease world antienvironment suck.

[xperpetualmotion]

@lexaguitar16 haha, that does sound like a fun project, though probably a bit smelly.

[sarahannerodgers]

Yeah... haha... as a scientist I am generally obsessed with sciencey type things. 90% of my friends, non-scientists, and sometimes they think I am super weird.

"OMG guys, I just learned about this amazing parasite it is so awesome" or "Wow you should have seen the glucose results of my sheep plasma!"

and also they can't watch CSI (which I love!) with me, having a Masters in Forensics I'm constantly doing commentary, or debunking the science on the TV tehe... yeah obsessed with science!

[xperpetualmotion]

@sarahannerodgers That is awesome. I love learning about science but I'm not very good at remembering it.

[fallofautumndistro]

Awesome video Karen. But I do use Arial quite often in web and print work, I can't afford Helvetica.

[CascadaaXx]

that Papyrus site is hilarious.

[xperpetualmotion]

@CascadaaXx It both makes me laugh and want to cry on the inside.

[781228XX]

Well, I really love this whole youtube community and nobody gets it (that's what internetfriends are for I guess). Also I'm really in to tautology, wich is annoying because I've never met anyone who even knows what that means.

[catinplaid]

@781228XX Listen up! The first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club.

[baglervb]

yugimonz! ftw!

[hangingwithNadine]

Nerdy conversations ftw! Most of my nerdy conversations start with british literature... and somehow end with Harry Potter. lol

[xperpetualmotion]

@hangingwithNadine haha, Harry Potter conversations are always awesome.

[phampants]

I <3 your nerdiness.

[xperpetualmotion]

@phampants haha, thanks :)

[BeBopALula1]

Have you seen College Humors videos about fonts? There's a few of them the two I remember offhand are called Font Fight and Font Conference. Anyways just though you would find them amusing.

[xperpetualmotion]

@BeBopALula1 Yeah, they're alright. There are a couple parts where they should have done more research though.

[frogswhatfrogs]

I''ve had equally geeky conversations about Classics (Latin and Ancient Greek). Although today the person who wrote our grammar book was at our school, and I was thinking "at this point, I would get out my grammar book... but the author is right here!".

Apparently Comic Sans is useful for typing stuff up for public speaking, because it's very easy to read... so it does have some point!

[xperpetualmotion]

@frogswhatfrogs Um, I've never heard that about Comic Sans and a nice serif font like Garamond at a fairly large size would be probably be the easiest to read.

[frogswhatfrogs]

@xperpetualmotion Yes, whenever I enter Latin reading competitions I always use a serif font, but my friend swears by Comic Sans!

[spiker369]

not sure what mine would be, but i do enjoy your videos since i'm hoping to get into a school for design(:

[xperpetualmotion]

@spiker369 Thanks! If you have any questions about applying to art schools, just ask :)

[songsfrompaul]

I still think your course is one big excuse to play around in Photoshop for a year :P

(also, cutest cough ever ^_^)

[xperpetualmotion]

@songsfrompaul If my course is just an excuse to play in Photoshop then yours is just an excuse to make sexy flowcharts :P

[hubertcumberdale2008]

Well, I do have the obsession to study the layout of book covers, dvd covers and sometimes even magazines.

I can spend hours doing that.

[xperpetualmotion]

@hubertcumberdale2008 Have you seen the book covers by W. A Dwiggins? They're really beautiful.

[hubertcumberdale2008]

@xperpetualmotion No, I can't say I have. Maybe you can send me a link so I can take a look?

[coolfry]

I really LOVE Doctor Who and only one of my friends/sisters likes it at all. We can talk about it for hour without anyone understanding us.

[xperpetualmotion]

@coolfry haha, join the club.