Avatar and Papyrus
Ever since taking classes in communication design, I am much more aware of the fonts that people use. So I was quite surprised today to see that the blockbuster hit Avatar—which had a $500 million budget—uses a free font for the subtitles that is included on just about modern computer, Papyrus, which is only a tiny step below Comic Sans in the world of most despised fonts. Here is a blog entry from Papyrus Watch, a blog that really hates Papyrus. You’d think with a budget this size, they could come up designed something a little classier… it was really, really jarring.
Posted: January 18th, 2010 under News & Musings.

