Fonts
In the past year or two I’ve met a couple of people who only know of two or three fonts. They’re usually the old school fonts and come in one of these flavors:
And, if they’re being brave they’ll live with Arial or Verdana.
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Uhh, I’m sure you have a point, but for the life of me I can’t figure out what it is.
Heh, sorry, my point is that these people can’t break out of the idea of using half a dozen fonts. It’s very unique but I know there are a lot of people like them because I see those fonts virtually everywhere.
I’ll have to explain it in more detail later.
Lucida Grande rulez!!1!