On Typefaces

I have a friend who will go on and on about typefaces. Which, I suppose is fine and dandy considering I could go on and on about cars and cameras. Graphic designers and the like seem to have a certain amount of smugness about them when it comes to typefaces, much like how Mac users often view Windows users with scorn and contempt, believing they are morally superior. But more on that later.

It is my understanding that in the design community, it is a cardinal sin to use such typefaces as Papyrus, Comic Sans, and Times New Roman, apparently because they're overused by commoners and in the wrong contexts. This makes such fonts unsuitable for the elite class that these designers are. As a result, whenever they come across a sign in town utilizing one such typeface, they must point it out and scoff at the plebian nature of it.

Typefascists decided that Helvetica was a particularly excellent font. However, this eventually led to problems because all typefascists used it. Clearly, this was unacceptable. The super-elite typefascists therefore needed to find something different to use to distinguish themselves from the proletariat designers.

Nowadays, I don't know what the true snobs aristocrats use. In fact, I'm not entirely sure what I'm using here. Blogger gives me a choice of eight fonts, and I know it's not Webdings because I can read it. Little else is important because I'm not supplied with the annoying ones, like the one that looks like a worm covered itself in ink and then went on to squiggle around on the computer screen.

Anyway, this brings me to the banner seen at the top here, which uses a vaguely familiar typeface known as Trajan Pro. I inquired, and my typefascist friend sent me a YouTube video (for which he is not responsible) detailing why I've seen it before. Look at him, all smug and proud that he's pointed out something I don't really care about very important.

Now, I'm sorry, but of all the things that a human can do to pass the time, I think perhaps there are other things that ought to be prioritized before reaching "making a YouTube video about a typeface that is used too frequently." For instance, climbing Mount Everest comes to mind. Or jumping off the rim of the Grand Canyon.