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7 examples of when good fonts go bad

It can all go so easily wrong.
12.33pm, 18 Nov 2013
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YOU MAY HAVE seen this photo of some Christmas lights that has been going around.

They’re just normal lights, but alas, the font has made them seem like something entirely different.

It appears B&Q have a festive font problem. - Imgur Imgur Imgur

This company are not the first people to experience issues when the wrong font was chosen for a sign or product, however.

Here are six other examples of when good fonts go bad.

Oh dear

The right font matters - Imgur Imgur Imgur

That’s not what you want…

business_names_01 Acid Cow Acid Cow

Eep

ntbpjns Twitter / Fastcodesign Twitter / Fastcodesign / Fastcodesign

Oh no

bad logo 03 Destiny Clontz Destiny Clontz

Not good, not good at all

epic-fail-font-choice-fail Acid Cow Acid Cow

Ouch

shit-yourself We Know Memes We Know Memes

So many lessons learned.

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