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* The absolute king of this trope is Papyrus. It's generically foreign looking enough that it can stand in for nearly anything, from Greek, to Middle Eastern to Chinese. Papyrus is overused to the point where there's a [http://www.papyruswatch.com/ blog] dedicated to looking for it. |
* The absolute king of this trope is Papyrus. It's generically foreign looking enough that it can stand in for nearly anything, from Greek, to Middle Eastern to Chinese. Papyrus is overused to the point where there's a [http://www.papyruswatch.com/ blog] dedicated to looking for it. |
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** A lot of its usage probably comes from the one-two punch of it being both a foreign-looking and ancient-looking font. |
** A lot of its usage probably comes from the one-two punch of it being both a foreign-looking and ancient-looking font. |
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** Its overuse is such that the font-fetishising graphic design community can be roughly split into "people who hate Papyrus" and "[[Firefly|Browncoats]]". |
** Its overuse is such that the font-fetishising graphic design community can be roughly split into "people who hate Papyrus" and "[[Firefly (TV series)|Browncoats]]". |
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* The logo for Delirium Tremens beer uses a fake Thai font. |
* The logo for Delirium Tremens beer uses a fake Thai font. |
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* The Chinese Restaurant Font. A Roman font meant to be reminiscent of the strokes of Chinese characters, which graces every Asian restaurant in the universe outside Asia itself. |
* The Chinese Restaurant Font. A Roman font meant to be reminiscent of the strokes of Chinese characters, which graces every Asian restaurant in the universe outside Asia itself. |
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