Amidus Drexel's Alliterative and Awe-Accentuating Anvil of Random Banter CLXXXVI

[Elemental]

Helvetica is a country. I'm not sure I would name anyone after a country...

Worse than that, it's a font.

Is there an Ele about anywhere? I'm working on a new pony and I need criteria for once it's finished.

Send it to me and I'll tell you what needs work.

[Teddy]

I remember Helvetica as a font, not a country.

Worse than that, it's a font.

It's also a font, but the font takes its name from the country. Now, practically no one calls the country by that name to start with. We generally refer to it as Switzerland instead.

Also, fonts have such a wide variety of names. I can't be entirely certain that I won't be giving any future kids the same name as a font by pure accident...

[LaZodiac]

It's also a font, but the font takes its name from the country. Now, practically no one calls the country by that name to start with. We generally refer to it as Switzerland instead.

Also, fonts have such a wide variety of names. I can't be entirely certain that I won't be giving any future kids the same name as a font by pure accident...

Helvetica Standaaaard

[Elemental]

It's also a font, but the font takes its name from the country. Now, practically no one calls the country by that name to start with. We generally refer to it as Switzerland instead.

Also, fonts have such a wide variety of names. I can't be entirely certain that I won't be giving any future kids the same name as a font by pure accident...

It is never referred to as Helvetica. The name is Helvetia from the Helvetii who dwelt there in Roman times.

[Rawhide]

Worse than that, it's a font.

Ariel is the mermaid.
Helvetica is a font.
Arial is the bastard font of Helvetica, created with just enough differences to avoid royalty fees.
No, really, it's pretty darn close.
Arial is the primary font on most Windows PCs.
Helvetica is the primary font on most Macintosh PCs.
Hipster Ariel is Ariel with those thick black rimmed glasses making hipster comments.
Hipster Helvetica is taking Hipster Ariel one step further.

[MoonCat]

WRONG. The mermaid is called Ariel.

[Elemental]

Arial is the mermaid.
Helvetica is a font.
Arial is the bastard font of Helvetica, created with just enough differences to avoid royalty fees.
No, really, it's pretty darn close.
Arial is the primary font on most Windows PCs.
Helvetica is the primary font on most Macintosh PCs.
Hipster Arial is Arial with those thick black rimmed glasses making hipster comments.
Hipster Helvetica is taking Hipster Arial one step further.

I don't like either font. They're too plain and generally lacking in serifs...
I much prefer Times New Roman.

[Kneenibble]

Yesssssss, so so so close to finishing my paper... I'll hand it in tomorrow morning! And then how banter shall thrive! There are posts I want to respond to like six pages back now.

It is never referred to as Helvetica. The name is Helvetia from the Helvetii who dwelt there in Roman times.

And yet Helvetica is the correctly formed adjective derived from that name, i.e. "Scriptura Helvetica," the writing of Helvetia. The font takes its name from that country, which is what Teddy said.

[Heliomance]

Font-wise, I'm rather partial to Calibri myself.

Guys, guys! I found the best thing ever!

[The Succubus]

I don't like either font. They're too plain and generally lacking in serifs...
I much prefer Times New Roman.

Times New Roman is a fugly font and makes me want to gouge my eyes out. Hell, I'd rather read something in Comic Sans than TNR.*

* Especially if it has stick figures. ;)

[Socratov]

Well, I'd rather see TNR then Comic Sans, thoguh I don't mind helvetica and the like...

[Teddy]

Phew, 4 and a half hour of sleep, and then an exam. All because I was stupid enough to light my bedside lamp before actually making sure that it was time to get up. It's funny how impossible it suddenly gets to go back to sleep when you actually have time to do so...

Oh well, the exam went splendid, apart from the third to last question, which told me to explain the difference between inheritance and aggregation, the latter being a concept that was quite heavily glossed over in the very first lab we had, and then mentioned just about never again (and certainly not in the slides). Well, at least my grade won't be threatened by this...

Also, there were quite a lot of stupid errors in the exam. Apart from some simple spelling errors, they told us to write an equals method for "the personclass" [/liberal translation shenanigans], when the code they presented to us (to work on) was for a class named Book. And in the very next question, they give us code to a method named return, despite the fact that return is a keyword in Java that can't be used in method names. The code wouldn't even pass compilation!

All in all, I must say that it didn't look all too prefessional. Or at least not like something a professional actually spent a sufficient amount of time on putting together...

ION:
I've got all my Christmas shopping done for now. The last piece was a Donald Duck book, preferably with Don Rosa, which I was hunting down for littlest brother. There is a comic store in my town, but I've never set my foot inside it before. Nevertheless, I knew that if there was anywhere I should turn in my search, then it was there, and I turned out to be correct. I'd barely gotten through the door before I found exactly what I was looking for. The feeling of a swift and total success is quite hard to beat.

Now I just need to do a bit of wrapping and I'm all done for the 24th.

IOON:
Watches the calendar with equal parts anxiety and excitement. This is dragging out a bit more than I was hoping for...

[Elemental]

Yesssssss, so so so close to finishing my paper... I'll hand it in tomorrow morning! And then how banter shall thrive! There are posts I want to respond to like six pages back now.

Congratulations on your perseverance.

And yet Helvetica is the correctly formed adjective derived from that name, i.e. "Scriptura Helvetica," the writing of Helvetia. The font takes its name from that country, which is what Teddy said.

That may be the case, but it still does not change the fact that Switzerland has never been referred to as Helvetica.

Times New Roman is a fugly font and makes me want to gouge my eyes out. Hell, I'd rather read something in Comic Sans than TNR.*

* Especially if it has stick figures. ;)

There's nothing wrong with Times New Roman. It is a more than acceptable font suitable for numerous uses.
Though I have to admit, I forgot this thing offers Book Antiqua...

[Teddy]

That may be the case, but it still does not change the fact that Switzerland has never been referred to as Helvetica.

You're probably right (if you discount the times I did so ). Confœderatio Helvetica, however...

There's nothing wrong with Times New Roman. It is a more than acceptable font suitable for numerous uses.
Though I have to admit, I forgot this thing offers Book Antiqua...

This is my main problem with most of the serif fonts on this forum: they get way too cluttered.

Hmm, I wonder...

There's nothing wrong with Times New Roman. It is a more than acceptable font suitable for numerous uses.
Though I have to admit, I forgot this thing offers Book Antiqua...

As I thought, it looks better when enlarged. Although a size of 2.5 would've been more optimal...

Also, I can barely see any difference between them two. Is there any, or is ClearType just messing with my eyes?

[Socratov]

Congratulations on your perseverance.




That may be the case, but it still does not change the fact that Switzerland has never been referred to as Helvetica.

correct, the classical roman name for Switzerland is Helvetia, not Helvetica

There's nothing wrong with Times New Roman. It is a more than acceptable font suitable for numerous uses.
Though I have to admit, I forgot this thing offers Book Antiqua...

TNR is great when you have a decent kerning. If not it's horrible.

[Mutant Sheep]

correct, the classical roman name for Switzerland is Helvetia, not Helvetica
TNR is great when you have a decent kerning. If not it's horrible.

But -ica adds such a wonderful Greekish thinge of meh!

[Teddy]

Aaargh! My favourite online dictionary suddenly went missing. If things don't get back on track soon, expect my English to drop to truly substandard levels.

(Yeah, I'm beeing overly melodramatic right now, but I use it quite a lot to check spellings and making sure that words actually mean what I think they mean...)

[DraPrime]

How jet lagged and tired was I yesterday? Enough that I managed to fall asleep for eight hours after drinking a big mug of extra strong coffee. It feels good to be able to get sleep for the first time since August.

[Elemental]

You're probably right (if you discount the times I did so ). Confœderatio Helvetica, however...

In that form it's being used as the Swiss Confederation, not Confederation of Switzerland.

Also, I can barely see any difference between them two. Is there any, or is ClearType just messing with my eyes?

They're there.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

But apparently they're not showing up for me...

Aaargh! My favourite online dictionary suddenly went missing. If things don't get back on track soon, expect my English to drop to truly substandard levels.

(Yeah, I'm beeing overly melodramatic right now, but I use it quite a lot to check spellings and making sure that words actually mean what I think they mean...)

You're not the only one who checks a dictionary from time to time.
Don't worry about it, I'm sure you'll be fine.

[Teddy]

You're not the only one who checks a dictionary from time to time.
Don't worry about it, I'm sure you'll be fine.

Well, at least you're native speakers, most of you.

Oh well, it suddenly reappeared again, so I suppose I'll be fine. Still, how curious...

[Qwertystop]

My computer defaults to Calibri or Cambria, depending on if the bit of text is marked as a heading or body. This is good because Cambria is slightly larger than Times New Roman, which as far as I can tell would otherwise be the default serif font. Thus, a two-page paper it's shorter. Teacher never thought of mandating a particular font, just a size.

[Dimonite]

Fools! Monospace fonts are clearly superior! Also, I like writing things on typewriters.

[LaZodiac]

I have no preference for font, honestly. If I was doing something that required font having, I'd entrust someone else to pick a good font. As long as it's clear and readable, it's good.

[DraPrime]

I have no preference for font, honestly. If I was doing something that required font having, I'd entrust someone else to pick a good font. As long as it's clear and readable, it's good.

Would it be all right to change with each word?

[TheWombatOfDoom]

Would it be all right to change with each word?

Twitch. Twitch.

I personally like the original just fine...what is this...ariel? Text for female mermaids?

[DraPrime]

Twitch. Twitch.

I personally like the original just fine...what is this...ariel? Text for female mermaids?

Arial, not "ariel." There are in fact three kinds. Arial, Arial Black, and Arial Narrow. Interesting, ain't it?

[factotum]

Everyone knows Century Gothic is better than the rest, surely? :-)

[Devmaar]

It can't be that bad.

Whatever art I make is probably worse, if that makes you feel any better.

One of my greatest talents is making people feel better about their art by showing them an example of mine

[Dimonite]

*prances about giddily*

We have snoooooooooooow! Lots an' lots a' snoooooooow! And I get to go out and shovel it, and lie down in it and make it go phloomph!

[DraPrime]

Everyone knows Century Gothic is better than the rest, surely? :-)

Trebuchet MS is the best, if only because it has the word "trebuchet" in it.