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Onoez.
SECOND?!?!?!?
no… youre only FIRST reply to the FIRST comment…
fail
thats not a fail… you fail for saying it fails
You fail for having a third nipple. So there :Þ
and balls on your chin.
8(:
O really why wasnt I invited?
You want balls on your chin? I have a gay friend if you are interested.
http://www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/03/14/88-having-gay-friends/
Dang…is it possible for me to have gay friends without my motives being called into question?
*worried look*
Not according to the guys at that site! They’re as cynical as they come, lol.
Well, crap. I guess I have to tell them all I can’t be friends with them anymore, since I don’t want to have to admit I’m an intolerable snot.
There there.
*SQUEEZE*
To the Batmobile!
*dinnerdinnerdinnerdinnerdinnerdinnerdinner*
*Screeches off into the moonlit distance*
When you own a flower shop for 8 years you tend to have nothing but gay friends.
*hands Erik a T-bag*
Ah, yes. The ever popular Ballchinian aliens from MIB.
I count several as good friends.
I know two people with three nipples.
hey baby! how’s the baby, baby?
MERRY CHRISTMAS, BLOG-MOM!
How was the bun-bun’s first christmas?
My sister-in-law has three nipples. I’m not supposed to know that though.
Your sister-in-law is Ann Boleyn? I thought she was dead…
its a fail because, who would write a book about spacing!
Gene Roddenberry?
Joss Wheden?
Frank Herbert?
L. Ron Hubbard.
Old Mother Hubbard.
Well, yeah, she did live in a shoe. I guess space was
pretty important to her.
Martha Stewart?
Martha Stewart? What did she write, “How to decorate your 6×10 space with common jailhouse materials” ???
Ordóñez?
Qué os apetece?
Ñ fail?
Parece mucho más alto en televisión.
Me sabes de pesca la cocina. Si, muy bien!
Me gusta comer pescado de la mujer partes. Sí, muy bien!
Si huele a pescado… usted no debe comerlo.
Eso es gracioso. No recuerdo comiendo maíz.
JAJAJAJJAJA
Make sure to rinse the sieve when you’re through.
Chinguen su madre.
oh ha i t ha r
first xD
Epic failure.
I wonder if it is deliberate irony?
If so, the author is putting too fine a point on it.
I know his type, and I don’t like em one bit.
He’s always leading his readers down.
I don’t believe his behavior is justified.
He likes to be the center of everything.
Maybe we shouldn’t malign him.
His peers must have marginalized his reputation upon the book’s release.
We should leaf him alone, he’s getting upset.
I’d flush said title.
Lol, jester — from the bowels of academia and organs of higher kerning.
Failblog sure can pica ‘em.
As a graphic designer, I think this particular pun stream is possibly the single funniest thing I’ve ever read on Failblog. Or should I have just said it’s seriffic?
There are plenty of funny pun runs on here. Try to keep up with the times you new Roman you.
Is this Book an Antiqua?
I would like a discussion in all serif-iousness.
Arial the comments in this thread about typesetting? How Roman-tic.
Remember- the road to Helvetica is paved with good indentions.
Hold on…the new courier is at the door and he’s trying to deliver a package to me…brb.
Did you give him the right Unicode for the package?
I feel like could be a comic, sans the pictures.
I’ve Garamond-strous headache.
I just hope people don’t resort to using bullets over this.
Do you think this is just a comedic (para)graphical novel? Pointing out the mistakes of typesetting?
It’s an actual book, geared to advanced issues in typesetting, by Geoffrey Dowding. (The current cover design for the paperback is less failronic.)
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Those interested in a more basic introduction to the subject might wish to consider Dowding’s An Introduction to the History of Printing Types: An Illustrated Summary of the Main Stages in the Development of Type Designs from 1440 Up to the Present Day : An Aid to Type Face Identification , currently available from Amazon for just $188.66.
Well, thank you TMI… lemme shift gears here, and go buy that right away!
Say, I’m the only bee in his bonnet
*gets out a magnifying glass and insects his hat*
While you’re at it, keep the nightlight on.
I love the nightlight, I got to boogie…
*hands Ry a Kleenex for her boogie*
You just want me to say something dirty about blowing. I won’t fall into your trap. I won’t be distrac oh hey Lunchbox, need a Kleenex or just a good blow?
Good blow? Whooopeee! *gets out mirror and razor blade* I’ll hostess…
I’ll Chocodile…
Well, Ry, since you ask, I’ll probably need both, just in the reverse order…
You won’t need a Kleenex.
*sympathy gag*
When the evenin’ sun goes down
You will find me hangin’ ’round
Oh, the night lite, it ain’t no good lite
But it’s my lite.
___
[heh, Willie said "goes down"]
*sympathy swallow*
Mouthwash anyone?
Make a little birdhouse in your soul.
Triangle man is looking for you, he wants his birdhouse back.
That @#&%!@# Triangle Man! Tell him to make one in his own damned soul like everybody else!
Hey, he’s just trying to get to Constantinople… give him a break!
omg….ive failed xD
Yeah, just go ahead and judge that book by its cover… thats what covers are for after all, right?
I use the blurb of the book.
8th yea!!!!
That’s funny, I don’t recall seeing seven ‘yea!!!’ comments before yours…
They were just delayed. See?
yea!
yea!
yea!
yea!
yea!
yea!
yea!
*gasp*
Does that mean you see the FUTURE, Unit4???
it’s quite neat tbh.
I am
buying that
book. It will
be
very useful when I
publish my essay about
correct newline
placement.
This proves that this book has a marketing success
You catdogs are such easy marks. *opens trench coat* Want to buy one of these real gold watches?
I do! I do!
WOW! A genuine Rolox!!!
That deal smells fishy.
Sorry, that’s just the cupholder.
That’s not a cupholder, that’s an ashtray. D’oh!
That’s funny, the only thing I like to hold in there is… well, ask around, you’ll find out.
I know Erick said he liked to put his cigar there so I assumed it was an ashtray.
Oh, no, the cigar holder is further south.
You like to hold cigars between your toes?
Pass me your cigar and I’ll show ya’.
Here you go…oh hey! Um, that’s not your toes.
And that’s not a cigar!
Mookie’s smokin’ again.
There goes those smoke rings again!
*still impressed*
Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar. youre gonna go far, fly high,
Youre never gonna die, youre gonna make it if you try; theyre gonna love you.
That’s one of my best-sellers, the DeepSee model. Good to 380 atmospheres…. uh, just don’t get it wet.
*shakes wrist while inspecting watch*
Why didn’t you mention that before? Do you give refunds???
*runs away before LB’s wrist turns green*
..
…
I think you left your shoes under my couch.
dude, seriously, Mookie ur really weird.
just some randy gal
http://www.myspace.com/warlocksofmetal
For all your Warlock needs!
Back off or I will cast magic missile and send you back to the dungeon from which you crawled.
*rolls 20-sided dice to determine which trap the spammer falls into*
*hopes Lunchbox is using the Ardowin (probably spelled that wrong) charts.*
Bonus fail: “Arrangment”?
The ‘e’ would have messed up the spacing.
At first, I thought that the missing ‘e’ was the FAIL. About 3 seconds later I noticed the likely-deliberate-just-to-drive-the-point-home-right-between-your-eyes misalignment.
Sorta like looking at a disco ball.
Is that anything like disco fries?
The spelling is atypical.
…though somewhat archetypal.
… despite the constructive criticism.
You’d think they would know better.
*parses lips in disapproval*
We should charge a syntax for poorly formed comments.
Oo, that’s a good idea!
And I’m looking forward to tonight…I know you’re always up for semantics with me.
Aw, Admiral, maybe you shouldn’t be so grammatic..
IRONY FAIL.
Unlocking CAPS LOCK fail!
15th?
)
Is that a double chin emoticon?
He’s just projecting his own image via the keyboard.
Stupid title. Now I need to buy it to find out what is this book about.
No e no e……………naw, that’s noeL, isn’t it?
!! FIRST NO L !!
*wish certain shepherds would stop laying with us*
ewwwwwwee
fleece navidad, bebé
have you seen that italian advert on failblog home page! Its says ingles meaning english and then puts up an american flag! how appaling, england invented the fucking language, kinda, and gave it to you americans and italy is in europe WTF!!
arrangment fail too!
Weellllll if everyone in England butchers the language as badly as you, then
I think we should retain custody.
And yet it’s still plagiarized by MBA students all across the US.
My Balls Ache?
You’ll probably want to see a doctor about that. Then invest in a better cup.
I’m glad this is a fail. For a minute I thought I was having a TIA.
You did have a TIA but she had a sex change and now her name is Rafael and she is your TIO.
*sigh* Either way, what we did was incestuous.
To think you could hide it is preposterous.
The fact that I enjoyed it is monstrous.
The pictures you took of it were demonstrous.
The juxtapositions were preposterous, though.
So long as you didn’t increase the populous..
The overcrowding is already hideous!
That really is insidious.
And not to mention, regoddamndiculous!
Not nearly as funny of a fail as i have come to expect. But it still gives me a reason to stay in bed for a little longer.
*masturbates* ?
*contemplates*
*constipates*
*illuminates*
*fumigates*
*irritates*
*gesticulates*
It’s totally that way on purpose. So when you see how bad it looks on the cover, the entire point of the book is already illustrated to the reader about the importance of spacing and arrangement so you make something look GOOD. It’s a great idea and concept.
Yeah yeah, we know. And Santa Claus isn’t real, the Easter Bunny is your mom putting money under your pillow, you won’t go blind from masturbating too much and no one will tell you why you look just like the milkman. We get it. Don’t suck the joy out of all of our lives just because yours sucks so horribly much. Let us revel in the little things that make us revel.
You’re a surprinsingly mean person
Me? Mean? Never! Unless you really believe in Santa or you really look like the Milkman. I have never lived in a place that has a real milkman that delivers milk to your house.
Actually, that was a pretty gentle smackdown by FB standards. If you come here and say the fail is a lie, prepare to die.
Sure thing, Inigo Montoya.
Scotteh, you’re rather pessimistic this morning. Why don’t you go find a better mood, and while you’re at it, have fun storming the castle!
Just as soon as I figure out which cup has the poison in it.
Would this holocaust cloak be of any help?
If only we had a Wheelbarrow, now THAT would be
something!
The cake is a lie.
And your box will betray you.
The Easter Bunny does what??
Armageddon! Oh no, that wasn’t the Easter Bunny, that was the Father’s Day Hamster. My bad.
I think the bigger fail here is the staggering difference in font size in the top of the book versus the lower half. And don’t get me started on how the lower half is outlined in black and yet the top half is just there. Consistency fail, to be sure.
They were so busy focusing on the ‘finer points’ that they just skipped right over the basic ones?
It’s the Collector’s Item. Only one copy printed.
This book has been print shopped.
How do you know? Is the proof in the pixels?
Check the Here Your Chance To Make a (FAIL) for some genuine Print Shopping.
“proof of concept” nice term anus. Want some fricken tea now?
That is funny. This tea tastes like anus.
T-bag = little jihadi disco balls
There is no fail here. Nobody would know the finer points in the spacing and arrangment of type until after this book was published.
O oOps.
I did n’tread THE boOk .
One more reason to trust Anpu. If he was in charge, fails like this would be fewer and more hilarious.
Anpu? You know him? That little prick owes me $25. You tell him I’m looking for him.
You and I, we talk of different Anpus. The Anpu you speak of owes an incredible debt to various people, totalling $4.8 million. My Anpu lets me listen to Led Zeppelin with him and Abraham Lincoln. He and Lincoln plan on running for pres/vp in ‘12. They promise more hilarious fails, the destruction of Scientology, and the right to listen to as much Led Zeppelin as you want, just like the founding fathers intended. They’ve got my vote. Screw free speech and privacy. Zeppelin is the most important right of all.
Am I the only one thinking “Dang let me look inside that book! Is it copyrighted 1922 or earlier!? Does Gutenberg have it? Can I scan it???”…?
(Public domain geekery…)
Laura, I’m pretty sure the answer to your question is, yes.
This seems to be some sort of FAIL.
Sort of fail? Did you see the title? Finer points my ass. Anpu is not pleased.
Awww…dumb feel I.
LOL, reminds me of a typical late 70s school book. Crazy!
jess
http://www.online-privacy.cz.tc
They say don’t judge a book by its cover, but they sure are making it hard.
maybe im just having a blonde moment, but i dunt get it.. can sum1 PLEASE explain
IRONY!
Is that some twisted way of saying read between the lines?
W hy i s
ke r n in g imp
o r t a nt ?
Uh, the book has obviously been rebound, which generally involves removing the original cover and stamping the title on a replacement cover.
This isn’t a fail, its an earlier edition of a work by Geoffrey Dowding. In the early tweentieth century it was common for the text of a work to be offset, even much more, it was particularly important for a person to involve themsevles with typesetting of this nature as pictures did not prove to be cost effective on the covers.
lol