Type designer Matthew Butterick was put off by the use of Microsoft’s Verdana font in “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol.” So he did what any movie fanatic would do: Wrote the director to explain why the use of IKEA’s favorite font was an utter failure.
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Oh, also, the story was shit. The bad guy always comes from inside the IMF. I called it way before the previews were even over. But sure, the font of the subtitles ruined it too.
You know what, screw you guys. Design your own letters. We quit.
Wonder what he'd done if they used Comic Sans.
I thought Matthew Butterick was a funny name
Is this from “Things Friendless Pussies Say”?
This man is my hero.
Am I the only one who gets pissed off when people bitch about typography?
I enjoyed that movie immensely, but truth be told, I was sort of thinking the same thing as Font Guy while watching it.
No one cares font guy. Don't take yourself so seriously.
His last sentence is technically a question. Questions are supposed to end in question marks, correct? Typography is great but grammar is better.
Most people that commented on this don't know anything about typography and/or what they're talking about. This guy is completely right. Now THAT was pretentious.
Then he cleaned the cheeto dust off his fingers and said: “Worst. Font. Ever.”
I've facepulmed so hard I've hurt myself.
He's gonna hate MI5: Trebuchet Ligature when it comes out in 2014.
I enjoy the concepts of typography too but not enough to be a pretentious dick hole like this guy.
Sounds like a “first world problem” to me.
Pretentious fontie bullshit.
But… I like verdana… :(
It's brilliant. Succinct, helpful, respectful. Brad bird should hire him.
Good thing it wasn't Comic Sans or heads would be rolling.
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