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King County Metro Buses: Now With 100% More Papyrus!

Nigel Jones — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:40:42 +0000

The Burke Museum resorts to Papyrus to tout their coffee exhibit on the back of King County Metro buses. As if dedicating an entire exhibit to the devil’s brew weren’t disgusting enough on its own. You have an uncontrollable urge to click here to read the full story at The Naked Loon... Feed enhanced by Better Feed from [...]

David Horsey: Papyrus Lover

Nigel Jones — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:13:50 +0000

I usually try to avoid exposing myself to the predictable and unfunny graphical musings of SeattlePI.com “cartoonist” David Horsey, but I spotted something in today’s thumbnail on the SeattlePI.com front page that caught my eye. Yes, that’s right. The P-I’s illustrious illustrator couldn’t even be bothered to hand-draw his own script for today’s “comic.” [...]

I Heart Scott Kurtz

Nigel Jones — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:51:48 +0000

Scott Kurtz, the artist behind the webcomic PvP has put up a gem of a comic today. I won't spoil it by pasting a small excerpt here. You should just go and spend 10 seconds reading it yourself: PvPonline » The Font Snob

God bless you, Scott Kurtz.

Tap Plastics Bids Farewell to Papyrus

Nigel Jones — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:27:23 +0000

After just one week and as many posts, the looming specter of impending mockery on The Papyrus Virus is already an agent for typeface improvement in the Seattle area.

Behold, Tap Plastics on 9th Ave. N near Broad Street...

Welcome to The Papyrus Virus!

Nigel Jones — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:29:39 +0000

Welcome to the new Naked Loon blog: The Papyrus Virus.

If you haven’t noticed any Papyrus typeface today, you probably haven’t been looking. The font covers the country and our beloved Puget Sound like a plague.

This blog will document, catalog, and attempt to stamp out via ruthless mockery the growing virus that is the Papyrus font. We'll be highlighting our own spottings of the omni-present lettering, but we are also happy to receive user submissions as well. Just send pictures to jones %at% nakedloon %dot% com

So let's jump right into the Papyrus ridicule, shall we?