Comments | franktheavenger: Nobody else?

franktheavenger

Nobody else?

Oct 31, 2008 08:55

Come on, I know you people are an opinionated bunch. Nobody else has a thought on which font for my tattoo? I should warn you if you don't say anything and it turns out it sucks, it's partially your fault. I may ask for reparations ( Read more... )

my boring life, tattoo

Comments 7

notfrank October 31 2008, 15:04:10 UTC

I think you should put it on your forehead to remind people who really need a reminder. ;)

georgmi October 31 2008, 15:13:42 UTC

Seriously? You want to know what I think about the font of a text tattoo on the arm of a person I am likely never to see in person?

Ooooh-kay.

Honestly, neither font strikes me as particularly good or bad. This may be because text tats are not my thing, or it may be that once a font satisfies my need for legibility, I have no further interest in it.

That said, what do you think of http://eknp.com/php/fd.php?f=gothic_hijinx ?

kickaha October 31 2008, 15:14:44 UTC

I agree with your assessment - the weightier one is better, but could lead to zomgsplotches. Perhaps if you and an artist worked together to lighten it just a bit, it would work.

Or, you could adjust the kerning on the lighter one, as you said. I just grabbed a very similar font, and am playing with the kerning now. How do you want it adjusted? (Psst. Every app on a Mac that uses the standard text boxes gets kerning and other font manipulations for free. I'm doing this in the equivalent of WinPad.)

georgmi November 1 2008, 01:02:02 UTC

I see you ignored the duct tape question--did it bring to your mind, as it did to mine, an image of Matt Curland?

kickaha November 1 2008, 06:18:38 UTC

Oh god. I hate you.

georgmi November 1 2008, 06:20:00 UTC

I win again, Lews Therin.

haff_mcfeely November 1 2008, 14:27:50 UTC

You should give some serious consideration to when the skin moves or sags. Tats with a lot of straight lines tends to look really shitty once the skin starts to move around, as it tends to do in just a few years. Other pure geometric shapes suffer the same problem (circles, clean arcs, etc.) The problem with word tats is that you are almost forced to follow a pure geometric shape in laying them out. I do not think you will be happy in 10 or 20 years with this tat for this reason. You would then be facing a choice... live with it, modify it to hide the problem, or try one of the tat removal processes (which all currently suck ( ... )