Font Police is patrolling the world for bad typography. We issue misdemeanours for spelling mistakes and lengthy sentences in our criticisms.

This is a light-hearted humour site, with no offence intended. Send ideas to submissions@ followed by fontpolice.org.

Can someone call a psychic to tell us what this says? Sent in by Warren at Idea Sauce, from the Wellington broadsheet The Dominion Post. There was a complementary billboard at the Basin Reserve in the same city—which was even less legible considering people speed past it at 50 km/h.

Can someone call a psychic to tell us what this says? Sent in by Warren at Idea Sauce, from the Wellington broadsheet The Dominion Post. There was a complementary billboard at the Basin Reserve in the same city—which was even less legible considering people speed past it at 50 km/h.

jibone: Our message is simple… Lonper anp lonper Upside-down ps are not ds, and vice versa; while upside-down ns are not us. The Ms are backwards. Let’s not even start with the baseline issues.

jibone:

Our message is simple…

Lonper anp lonper Upside-down ps are not ds, and vice versa; while upside-down ns are not us. The Ms are backwards. Let’s not even start with the baseline issues.

kaylajane: icanread: (by albb) Fake bolds If putting something into bold type, it might be an idea to have the font installed. The regular weight shifted slightly in an overprint style doth not a bold make.

kaylajane:

icanread:

(by albb)

Fake bolds If putting something into bold type, it might be an idea to have the font installed. The regular weight shifted slightly in an overprint style doth not a bold make.

fuckyeahtypography: (via yertle83) At least it’s an em dash and not a hyphen This highlights why metric, as opposed to optical, centring of text is a bad idea, and a big em dash doesn’t help.

fuckyeahtypography:

(via yertle83)

At least it’s an em dash and not a hyphen This highlights why metric, as opposed to optical, centring of text is a bad idea, and a big em dash doesn’t help.

Get ofe From Redmond, Washington: what you should do when you run out of letters is order more letters. Ts do not look like Ls upside down. (From Bill Hill, uploaded to Facebook.)

Get ofe From Redmond, Washington: what you should do when you run out of letters is order more letters. Ts do not look like Ls upside down. (From Bill Hill, uploaded to Facebook.)

Watch that space This one has been doing the email joke rounds for years. Still, a particularly worthy inclusion here.

Watch that space This one has been doing the email joke rounds for years. Still, a particularly worthy inclusion here.

blandverk: Reverend Chris Korda. What a horrible message It would be fine if she got her kerning right. The gap between the A and the V is too large, especially at this size.

blandverk:

Reverend Chris Korda.

What a horrible message It would be fine if she got her kerning right. The gap between the A and the V is too large, especially at this size.

The proctologists are based here Lighting goes bad at Pearse House, Wellington, New Zealand. (Photographed by Tanya Sooksombatisatian.)

The proctologists are based here Lighting goes bad at Pearse House, Wellington, New Zealand. (Photographed by Tanya Sooksombatisatian.)


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niceevilgenius: When neon goes wrong (and the client gets the font big) Hos are us Century City gets festive with ho, ho, ho.

niceevilgenius:

When neon goes wrong (and the client gets the font big)

Hos are us Century City gets festive with ho, ho, ho.

Climate change is an acute problem It is noble to head out and protest about climate change, especially to get myopic politicians realizing they need to act, and not talk. However, an acute accent doth not an apostrophe make. (From Rottin’ in Denmark’s blog.)

Climate change is an acute problem It is noble to head out and protest about climate change, especially to get myopic politicians realizing they need to act, and not talk. However, an acute accent doth not an apostrophe make. (From Rottin’ in Denmark’s blog.)