Oxymora font - more difficult to read than Comic sans?

Purple Lady · 06-27-2014, 04:28 PM

It's pretty cool looking, kind of like a font MC Escher would create.

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6charlong · 06-28-2014, 12:43 AM

Hum. But the job is only half done. Those letters should spin: vertically, horizontally or alternating, and the designer should be able to set the direction of spin as a property of each individual letter when they are set.

Don't you think?

6charlong · 06-28-2014, 12:46 AM

Or maybe vibrate. Vibrate is good as long as the length of time for each one to vibrate could be another property.

And if it can do that, they should also be able to jump up and down.

Good find, Lady. Thanks.

cromag · 06-28-2014, 12:49 AM

What does Oxymora Bold look like?

Purple Lady · 06-28-2014, 12:58 AM

When I Google Oxymora examples, it brings back oxymoron examples.

Little.Egret · 06-28-2014, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

When I Google Oxymora examples, it brings back oxymoron examples.

I tried ["Oxymora" typeface examples ]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/27/58...ird-dimensions

https://www.behance.net/gallery/1771...ymora-Typeface

Purple Lady · 06-28-2014, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

I tried ["Oxymora" typeface examples ]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/27/58...ird-dimensions

https://www.behance.net/gallery/1771...ymora-Typeface

Oxymora is actually the plural of oxymoron. Learn something new everyday.

An oxymoron (plural oxymora or oxymorons) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes elements that appear to be contradictory.

Jessica Lares · 06-28-2014, 06:50 PM

Comic Sans is difficult to read?

Oxymora reminds me of game box art from the 80's or something.

Purple Lady · 06-28-2014, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jessica Lares

Comic Sans is difficult to read?

Oxymora reminds me of game box art from the 80's or something.

How about annoying to read. That's probably what I should have said. But it is a little difficult for me because the letters are misshapen.

Lemurion · 06-28-2014, 07:33 PM

Oxymora looks pretty bad - almost as annoying as Arial.

Freeshadow · 06-28-2014, 10:02 PM

Hey, I thank for the existence of Arial Black every time my Ma asks me to do some customer directed printout. If there is a typographical equivalent of a club carrying the not-so subliminal message "Thou shalt not ignore!" Then it's this one.

JSWolf · 06-28-2014, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lemurion

Oxymora looks pretty bad - almost as annoying as Arial.

I do like Arial Rounded.

Lemurion · 06-28-2014, 10:41 PM

I don't like sans serif fonts at the best of times - Arial is simply the one that annoys me the most frequently. I don't think there's a single version I like.

tempura · 06-29-2014, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lemurion

Oxymora looks pretty bad - almost as annoying as Arial.

The only reason I am stuck with Arial Unicode MS is because of the support for large character set of Unicode on Notepad, the only one which can rival it is Unifont but I don't like bitmapped fonts.

Billi · 06-29-2014, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

How about annoying to read. That's probably what I should have said. But it is a little difficult for me because the letters are misshapen.

I don't think that the font has ever been intended to be used as a "reading" font. It can look quite good/intersting on big posters or for logos.

06-27-2014, 04:28 PM	#1
Purple Lady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,698 Karma: 16542228 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8	Oxymora font - more difficult to read than Comic sans? It's pretty cool looking, kind of like a font MC Escher would create. http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/27/58...ird-dimensions

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06-28-2014, 12:43 AM	#2
6charlong friendly lurker Posts: 896 Karma: 2436026 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Device: Kindle, nook, Apple and Kobo	Hum. But the job is only half done. Those letters should spin: vertically, horizontally or alternating, and the designer should be able to set the direction of spin as a property of each individual letter when they are set. Don't you think?

06-28-2014, 12:46 AM	#3
6charlong friendly lurker Posts: 896 Karma: 2436026 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Device: Kindle, nook, Apple and Kobo	Or maybe vibrate. Vibrate is good as long as the length of time for each one to vibrate could be another property. And if it can do that, they should also be able to jump up and down. Good find, Lady. Thanks.

06-28-2014, 12:49 AM	#4
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,022 Karma: 459735575 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	What does Oxymora Bold look like?

06-28-2014, 12:58 AM	#5
Purple Lady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,698 Karma: 16542228 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8	When I Google Oxymora examples, it brings back oxymoron examples.

06-28-2014, 06:50 PM	#8
Jessica Lares Wizard Posts: 2,240 Karma: 5759170 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Near Dallas, Texas, USA Device: iPad Mini, iPod Touch (5th gen)	Comic Sans is difficult to read? Oxymora reminds me of game box art from the 80's or something.

06-28-2014, 07:33 PM	#10
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	Oxymora looks pretty bad - almost as annoying as Arial.

06-28-2014, 10:02 PM	#11
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,815 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	Hey, I thank for the existence of Arial Black every time my Ma asks me to do some customer directed printout. If there is a typographical equivalent of a club carrying the not-so subliminal message "Thou shalt not ignore!" Then it's this one.

06-28-2014, 10:41 PM	#13
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	I don't like sans serif fonts at the best of times - Arial is simply the one that annoys me the most frequently. I don't think there's a single version I like.

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