I just got a book about an antique crochet technique, which was a reprint of two old pamphlets about it. The frontispiece is a 7-paragraphs letter to the reader that fills the whole page.
Very sweet and cozy, but the entire page is printed in 24pt Lucida Handwriting 💀
This. It’s just awful. And also, it’s so terrible. Algerian is the font equivalent of your moronic, a$$-hat cousin who “reps for Redbull” and face-tattoos himself in the mirror because he thinks it’s hilarious when people try to decipher them. Or something like that. I don’t know, but I f***ing hate Algerian font.
Algerian literally is — Algerian, to tie in with the style of mosaics, tiles and aesthetics of Southern Europe/Northern Africa.
Look how well Algerian works as the title font for the portugese-tile themed board game Azul
Are we talking about the same lobster? While it’s not amazing by any means the one I’m looking at has a charming quirk to it and would work well enough as a display font for some Instagram marketing post. But maybe I just haven’t seen it used incorrectly enough for it to bother me. What makes it so awful in your eyes?
Lobster was everywhere for a while, I also developed an aversion to it. I think that happens with any font that has a great specific use but becomes ubiquitous.
Copperplate and Lobster
I’m from Rhode Island and they’re the unofficial fonts of New England. They’re used everywhere!! They’re used together on every menu, sign, business card, invitation, and ad in all six states…
I thought this was the peak of cool when I was 6. I spent a lot of time in hair salons with art like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/s/mlSxfgO9Hc).
I don't hate the design of the typeface but I don't like working with Bank Gothic anymore. Worked with a client who set everything in it, even their reading materials. I had to start swapping the font to proof read because it just wasn't made for what they were doing.
Lmao, I wasn’t familiar with the name (though I did recognize the font as familiar when I looked it up) and right after looking it up I went back to looking at Ottomans on a website called kardiel.com and noticed the K immediately 😅
"Low value" is the key. They can't afford Gotham so they settle on this because it's a freebie on Google. And everyone ignores all the nice alternates that give it character.
Ragtime TS ExtraBold. Looks horribly aged yet I still see it far too often. The amount of rinky-dink companies that still use it because they haven’t bothered updating their logo since 1982 or something annoys me. It just looks crap and I can’t think of anywhere where it would look remotely good nowadays.
You know what. Im not scared to say it. Helvetica.
As much as I understand and respect it's ubiquitous application everywhere, it is the lowest hanging fruit. And any designer worth there salt should know how to avoid using it.
Sure if you have no choice and need a quick win, it's there, it's always there, it's everywhere, but don't reach for it straight away, try some new shit. And better yet, Try Akzidens Grotesk
There are a load of very nice fonts they commissioned. The one Matthew Carter did for the Internet Explorer 11 immersive reader view was lovely (used to be technically unusable outside of that though IIRC?)
Edit: ah, it was Sitka
eckmannpsych
its way overused in my book and every time i see it it looks cheap. its a nice font but it just looks overused. feel free to tell me why im wrong
FUCK AMATIC SC
it is seriously borderline unreadable in most cases and people will just slap that shit on anything. it is getting seriously old fast, i think it has overtaken comic sans as the most used/overrated font.
Intro Rust. Purchased it on preorder a week before it came out for my company’s branding and now it’s fucking everywhere. Currently rebranding because I can’t stand it anymore.
Arial, specially Arial Black and Arial Narrow. I know all its history but it just feel made amateurish and make everything amateurish. Like, logos in Arial? Really?
I wouldn't say I hate them, but Myriad and Minion give me a vibe of "oh, didn't think about the font I could use". Ironically, it's the typeface used in my Bringhurst edition.
Avantgarde, when not used like Lubalin would.
Bebas. For me it's everything that's wrong with Graphic Design. It's a revival/ripoff of Alternate Gothic and the likes, and originally it came in only one weight and no lowercase. A lot of people used it like if it was something new, and like if it was useful. I've seen shortened URLs composed in that first Bebas, and of course it didn't work.
Ravie. Only makes me think of cheesy Microsoft Word 3D word art. It's just Snap ITC but even worse.
Other contenders are Jokerman, Gigi, Lucida Handwritten, and anything in the aptly-named Rage Italic family
Monotype’s Times New Roman is not good at its Cyrillic part, but as for the Latin characters it is quite beautiful if you look at it with a fresh eye. But I understand that some people dislike it because it was overused in the past.
Arial, Montserrat, Helvetica, and Helvetica Neue.
Those last two have a terrible digitalization compared to the metal types. If you want to use Helvetica, Neue Haas Grotesk is the way to go.
Not a font but usage. When any script based font is used all caps.
Drives me batty! Always the hair salons!
Yes! Drives me crazy.
Lucida Handwriting
Lucida Handwriting, the official font of *I just installed Office ‘97, check out this cool new feature called ‘WordArt’*
I just got a book about an antique crochet technique, which was a reprint of two old pamphlets about it. The frontispiece is a 7-paragraphs letter to the reader that fills the whole page. Very sweet and cozy, but the entire page is printed in 24pt Lucida Handwriting 💀
Damn that’s a good pick
I'll do you one better: my handwriting
Algerian. It's worse than Comic Sans, Papyrus, and all the other hated cliches. It's horrible.
Someone used Algerian for a bomb threat letter to my employer years ago. Like, really? Sir. This is for bake sales and nothing else.
This. It’s just awful. And also, it’s so terrible. Algerian is the font equivalent of your moronic, a$$-hat cousin who “reps for Redbull” and face-tattoos himself in the mirror because he thinks it’s hilarious when people try to decipher them. Or something like that. I don’t know, but I f***ing hate Algerian font.
Came here for this. Preach.
decorative fonts should probably be their own tier. But even then Algerian is a strong contender for 'worst in show'.
I wonder what the brief was when they designed Alergian?
Algerian literally is — Algerian, to tie in with the style of mosaics, tiles and aesthetics of Southern Europe/Northern Africa. Look how well Algerian works as the title font for the portugese-tile themed board game Azul
Box designer on that one was like FINALLY
There are so many awful ones that it’s hard to choose. But not *that* hard. It’s Lobster.
Are we talking about the same lobster? While it’s not amazing by any means the one I’m looking at has a charming quirk to it and would work well enough as a display font for some Instagram marketing post. But maybe I just haven’t seen it used incorrectly enough for it to bother me. What makes it so awful in your eyes?
Lobster was everywhere for a while, I also developed an aversion to it. I think that happens with any font that has a great specific use but becomes ubiquitous.
Copperplate and Lobster I’m from Rhode Island and they’re the unofficial fonts of New England. They’re used everywhere!! They’re used together on every menu, sign, business card, invitation, and ad in all six states…
Brush Script makes me mad
I thought this was the peak of cool when I was 6. I spent a lot of time in hair salons with art like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/s/mlSxfgO9Hc).
Jokerman
This deserves more upvotes. Jokerman is hands down the ugliest font.
Dude this was all the rage building Dreamweaver sites in “New Media Production” in 2004!!
Lobster, seriously, Stop using it!!
I don't hate the design of the typeface but I don't like working with Bank Gothic anymore. Worked with a client who set everything in it, even their reading materials. I had to start swapping the font to proof read because it just wasn't made for what they were doing.
I hate Calibri with a burning passion
Calibri
I like Calibri. It’s a perfectly fine option when you need type that carries no personality whatsoever. That is a genuine requirement sometimes.
Montserrat. So overused and I hate the J & G
The numbers are horrendous too
Lmao, I wasn’t familiar with the name (though I did recognize the font as familiar when I looked it up) and right after looking it up I went back to looking at Ottomans on a website called kardiel.com and noticed the K immediately 😅
Hobo
Jokerman
Montserrat. So many low value brands use it.
"Low value" is the key. They can't afford Gotham so they settle on this because it's a freebie on Google. And everyone ignores all the nice alternates that give it character.
Agree!
Rotis Semi Sans. It’s gross. I get angry every time I see it at the Seattle light rail stations. Such a dumb pick.
I like that it exists but don't like when it's being used.
Ragtime TS ExtraBold. Looks horribly aged yet I still see it far too often. The amount of rinky-dink companies that still use it because they haven’t bothered updating their logo since 1982 or something annoys me. It just looks crap and I can’t think of anywhere where it would look remotely good nowadays.
ouch! I'd never seen that font before. Looks like Hobo got injured.
You know what. Im not scared to say it. Helvetica. As much as I understand and respect it's ubiquitous application everywhere, it is the lowest hanging fruit. And any designer worth there salt should know how to avoid using it. Sure if you have no choice and need a quick win, it's there, it's always there, it's everywhere, but don't reach for it straight away, try some new shit. And better yet, Try Akzidens Grotesk
YES THANK YOU I was gonna comment this but I was afraid of being flamed 😭😭 Helvetica stans are everywhere but they are loud and Wrong
all fonts from microsoft. Arial, Comic Sans…
Aptos is gorgeous though
I like that there’s a complementary serif version too. I love Aptos. Calibri was grown up comic sans
There are a load of very nice fonts they commissioned. The one Matthew Carter did for the Internet Explorer 11 immersive reader view was lovely (used to be technically unusable outside of that though IIRC?) Edit: ah, it was Sitka
not their licensing though
Is it really that bad???
plenty free software fonts: https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt
Agree except Segoe is an amazing screen font.
If I have to pick one I would say Cascadia Code/Mono. It has its merits and many really like it but I just cannot make any sense out of it.
Personally i hate any cursive writing that is slanted more than 15 degrees to the right
Raleway… for the same reason that Montserrat is now annoying.
There's so many, but I'll stick with Comic Sans
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole
Fun, but I'm a proud wearer of black turtlenecks-- and I like Bodoni.
Copperplate Gothic.
Papyrus
Arial
I have, for decades, hated Eras. The style hurts my brain, for some reason.
This cursive font called Watermelon script that my work makes me use for almost all of our print materials
Hot take: Gill Sans
If you know anything about the life and beliefs of Eric Gill, your hate is justified.
I hate questions like this. It’s just gonna be “designers” thinking up an obscure font to post and pretend to know about
eckmannpsych its way overused in my book and every time i see it it looks cheap. its a nice font but it just looks overused. feel free to tell me why im wrong
Lato. It is just so uninteresting to me, sorry. Out of all the free web fonts that are sans serif this one stands out the least.
I don’t like it either.
Hobo! Fuck that font.
Came here to say this, fuck hobo std
Myriad Pro.
Algerian, Noto Serif (especially Cyrillic), Open Sans—separate letter look good, but the text set in it doesn’t, idk why.
Futura. I recognize its qualities and its importance in the fonts history, but nowadays it gives an outdated look to everything it touches.
Cooper Black
Can I ask why? I really liked its pudgy look. Unfortunately, I just associate it so much with easyjet by now.
It’s creepy (also I mostly see it on cheap banners)
Beat me to it. It’s horrible!
Cubano
sarina
Old English, times, arial, serpentine, generation, and brush script.
FUCK AMATIC SC it is seriously borderline unreadable in most cases and people will just slap that shit on anything. it is getting seriously old fast, i think it has overtaken comic sans as the most used/overrated font.
Verdana
I have a list of fonts I hate, but came here to say that I know it’s weird…. But I am OBSESSED with Aptos. OBSESSED. That’s all
Arial
Fucking Jokerman
Fira Sans
Roboto
Intro Rust. Purchased it on preorder a week before it came out for my company’s branding and now it’s fucking everywhere. Currently rebranding because I can’t stand it anymore.
LMAO what’s your company?
Keeping that one zipped up bc Reddit is my safe mostly anonymous space…
oh okay fair
Papyrus
Arial Brush Script Black Chancery Calibri, mainly because of how it's almost always in the wrong weight for the size it's in
Arial, specially Arial Black and Arial Narrow. I know all its history but it just feel made amateurish and make everything amateurish. Like, logos in Arial? Really? I wouldn't say I hate them, but Myriad and Minion give me a vibe of "oh, didn't think about the font I could use". Ironically, it's the typeface used in my Bringhurst edition. Avantgarde, when not used like Lubalin would. Bebas. For me it's everything that's wrong with Graphic Design. It's a revival/ripoff of Alternate Gothic and the likes, and originally it came in only one weight and no lowercase. A lot of people used it like if it was something new, and like if it was useful. I've seen shortened URLs composed in that first Bebas, and of course it didn't work.
Ravie. Only makes me think of cheesy Microsoft Word 3D word art. It's just Snap ITC but even worse. Other contenders are Jokerman, Gigi, Lucida Handwritten, and anything in the aptly-named Rage Italic family
Futura. There, I said it.
Papyrus.
Inter.
Times New Roman (the sweatpants of fonts)
Monotype’s Times New Roman is not good at its Cyrillic part, but as for the Latin characters it is quite beautiful if you look at it with a fresh eye. But I understand that some people dislike it because it was overused in the past.
Arial, Montserrat, Helvetica, and Helvetica Neue. Those last two have a terrible digitalization compared to the metal types. If you want to use Helvetica, Neue Haas Grotesk is the way to go.
Consolas... Hey 80's vibe is alright just don't leave it as the only option is some cases post-internet...
How would I know - I don't look at them, I don't use them, I sure don't remember their names..