The line between the right and wrong kinds of tacky is too easily crossed with everyone’s favourite novelty font, Cooper Black.
But if it’s a “novelty” font, why does it continue to be used decades later, sometimes well? I actually like this sign.
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The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.12.30 19:20. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is: http://blog.fawny.org/2005/12/30/tacky/
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