Don't stare too long at this typeface

Reader Daniel directs us to this migraine-inducing typeface, in which every character is an object that would be impossible to recreate three-dimensionally. M.C. Escher would be proud.

Poker (Type)Face

COMIC SANS IN RUSSIAN

That sound you hear is the universe exploding.

The signs of Skagway

A single stroll through Skagway, Alaska, will make you feel as if you traveled back in time. Nearly everything about the town, from the architecture to the signage to the fascination with gold, seems undisturbed since the days of the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1890s.

However, Skagway isn't exactly "the town that time forgot," as one friend likes to say. The old-fashioned look is very much intentional and is a result of residents taking their history so seriously. In fact, Skagway has a seven-member commission who oversees and regulates the aesthetics of any new construction projects downtown.

The goal is to make Skagway's storefronts as similar to the ones in pictures like this (click to view entire photo):

No name, no problem

'The following generic-brand line of goods was observed in Real Canadian Superstore. It deserves credit for the clever and minimalist look of its products. (In Canada, products are labeled in both English and French.) Take a look:

An even meaner Comic Sans, somehow

I take it back. Cavaliers majority owner Dan Gilbert's whiny open letter to Cleveland fans no longer holds the title of Most Ridiculously Out-of-Place Usage of Comic Sans of All Time. That honor now belongs to Museo de Armas (Weapons Museum) in Buenos Aires, where, beyond the rooms full of samurai swords and assault rifles, I spotted this gem:

Machetes. Comic Sans. Together. Oh, the humanity.

Cooper Black in Colonia

Cooper Black was among the last 12 typefaces I expected to find in the dusty cobblestone back roads of ultraquaint Colonia, Uruguay. But then this happened:

Sighting Cooper and its friendly bold serifs made me reflect on some of the more notable uses of the typeface in its almost 90-year history.

And there are no signs of stopping.