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Post by frankie big face »

I object to Fluffy having a false registration date and inflated post count. Also, I could not find Octothorpia on any map.
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I object to Frankie Big Face not fighting any more. Boo!

Octothorpia is easy to find. Look, it's right there ....
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and someone secretly replaced my gormet coffee with folders crystals. The humanity.
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I'd just like to whine and mutter about an endless list of things I find generally unacceptable. However, I find myself in a relatively high state of spirit this day, so any specific complaints evade me at this moment.
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My only songfight complaint is that due to finding, buying and now moving into a new home, I don't have:

a) time to fight
b) titles that inspire me to fight (sorry guys...but it comes around... I know that...)
c) a studio set up to adequately fight
d) time to fight.


yeah. That's about that.

As for the opening topic... meh. And I rarely use "meh".
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I got a complaint:


Leaf is currently unable to fight, and my playlist needs more Leaf 62, Boon Liver, and Gert, damnit.


wtf
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Seoup Gei wrote:I got a complaint:


Leaf is currently unable to fight, and my playlist needs more Leaf 62, Boon Liver, and Gert, damnit.


wtf
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j$ wrote:I object to Frankie Big Face not fighting any more. Boo!
One day you'll eat those words, Cashpoint! javascript:emoticon(':x') :x

...but not today.
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Post by Spud »

let me complain on behalf of fluffy, who has limited internet access due to travel, etc., about the capitalization of the first letter of fluffy's "name", Frankie. It should be "fluffy", not "Fluffy". It is an adjective, not a noun, if I got that right.

Thank You.

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You did.

Plus, a capital 'F' isn't as aesthetically pleasing.
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Post by Leaf »

Right. So I'm glad the above issue was resolved.


However, I tried to log on today, and the site was DOWN for ..like... 3.5 minutes.

This will not do.


My nose started to run. My hair turned ...gray.
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You still have hair? At your age?

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fluffy wrote:a capital 'F' isn't as aesthetically pleasing.
Surely that depends on the font?
I've seen lots of very attractive f's and F's.
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In most fonts a capital F interrupts the visual flow of the rest of the word.
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Screw the visual flow, the capital F is the very best letter in the English language. So said I when I was like, ten or something.
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fluffy wrote:In most fonts a capital F interrupts the visual flow of the rest of the word.
I doubt the designers would agree. Or are you talking screen fonts?
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I am not sure that many font designers wouldn't agree, Roymond, if you consider that fluffy is talking about the specific case of his name, and the combinations of letters found within.

In fact, the fl combination is so beloved by font designers that it is often celebrated in many fonts with its own ligature. Not so with Fl. Actually, it is an unfortunate combination that tends to isolate itself as a square at the beginning of the word.

Additionally, there are the three 'f's. There is a certain logic to having them all the same. It makes for a nice flow.

Finally, which looks more fluffy to you: fluffy or Fluffy? Again, that hard edge on the F is a point against fluffiness.
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this is like first year Typography all over again...
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On the other hand, I totally get not capitalizing one's name. Obviously.
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Re: fluffy vs. Fluffy

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Spud wrote:I am not sure that many font designers wouldn't agree, Roymond, if you consider that fluffy is talking about the specific case of his name, and the combinations of letters found within.
Yes, perhaps, but he generalized "most fonts". There is a particular challenge in the "fl" combination, agreed, and "fluffy" is as it should be. And yes, I have nothing else to stand on on this point, so I will continue, nonetheless...

There's a problem here and the Fi and Fl ligatures make this challenge clear enough, but there are soft uppercase Fs, such as Handel Gothic that work much like the typical lowercase, without the cross hanging out the left side. Also, script and engraved styles where the whole point is the leading character, as found in embossed title pages in a bible...perhaps something dear to fluffy's heart :)

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Post by frankie big face »

well.....since this thread has become so popular, I suppose it is time for me, the originator, to jump back in.

fluffy, since you are so observant of the way people type your name, I would like to complain that you frequently write Frankie Bigface when referring to me. my name has always been three separate words, thank you.

that is all.
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Post by jimtyrrell »

Here's an ugly but marginally effective fluffy ambigram. I don't know what this has to do with anything, but it occurred to me that one could probably be made, so here ya go. *shrug*

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