Jeff Ventura - surprisingly has never been called 'Ace' before.

Stuff No One Told Me, by Alex Noriega

An excellent collection of single-pane illustrations detailing life's grandest lessions, by Barcelonan artist Alex Noriega.  Every one of these is frameable.

I'm Comic Sans, asshole

A short, imagined monologue by Mike Lacher by way of McSweeney's:

You don't like that your coworker used me on that note about stealing her yogurt from the break room fridge? You don't like that I'm all over your sister-in-law's blog? You don't like that I'm on the sign for that new Thai place? You think I'm pedestrian and tacky? Guess the fuck what, Picasso. We don't all have seventy-three weights of stick-up-my-ass Helvetica sitting on our seventeen-inch MacBook Pros. Sorry the entire world can't all be done in stark Eurotrash Swiss type.

Purveyors of Outlook-based smileys everywhere, rejoice.

IKEA ditches Futura in favor of Verdana

It’s true.

IKEA abandons ~50 years of Futura and Century Schoolbook for … Verdana.
In an interview with swedish design magazine CAP&DESIGN the reason for the change is to be able to use the same font i all countries, including asian countries. Also they want to be able to give the same visual impression both in print and the web.

For me it’s a sad day.

via typophile.com

That IKEA would abandon 50 years of brand identification and classy typesetting for Verdana is like BMW losing their crest in favor of a Yosemite Sam decal. Befuddling decision, to say the least.

Does Your Choice of Font Affect What Grade Your Essays Get?

Phil Renaud's clever, 52-paper-wide analysis of the typefaces he used for university essays and the grades he averaged with each. Breakdown: Georgia (serif) -- A average (23 essays) Times New Roman (serif) -- A- average (11 essays) Trebuchet MS (sans serif) -- B average (18 essays) Students, think about this next time you have to write a paper. Corollary: I wonder what font works best for email in terms of authority and credibility? If the same findings apply, all the corporate flacks using Arial 10 pt might want to switch to a more academic serif-based typeface. [Via kottke]