bad design elements… lol that seems ironic written in this picture composed entirely of messy scribbling and erasing.
Daniel Krull
Bad Design Elements — Yes, this is true. Wild misinterpretations, however, are solely the fault of the idiots that are doing said interpretation, and getting offended in manners that make no sense. ;P
Rick Evans
Good point! As a non-believing designer who finds a majority of atheist billboards of dubious quality, I should put my money where my mouth is. So should other atheist designers.
Time to hit the sketchbook…
Drakk
And the comic sans. Augh, the comic sans.
Anonymous
Oh screw this tired comic-sans-demonization…….
Helvetica needs to go!
Anonymous
From what I can remember from the actual designers, they were quite keen on someone for once spending some money and hiring a professional graphic designer to make a billboard.
While I’m sure now and again an atheist graphic designer would do a design charitably, this is usually their source of income and it’s normal that they want to be paid for it. If American Atheists can raise thousands of dollars in no time flat for a billboard, they can afford the services of a damn good designer besides.
You are not alone. I like comic-sans because I find it very easy to read.
Difiantnonbeliever
Hahaha, the bitties arguing over ‘design’ elements of billboards always remind me of interior and fashion designers frothing at the mouth arguing over differences in style and color matching of drapes and floral arrangements. Is it gauche to have gardenias instead of lillies, gaberdine instead of silk? Give us a break, either submit your own or go walk your toy poodle.
Michael
It seems like all the recommended alternatives look good large and nothing beats Comic Sans at a low font size. I welcome font nerds demonstrating cheap or better yet free fonts which work at low sizes, but I won’t hold my breath for anything non-jaggy.
Pseudonym
Yeah, most of the billboard slogans are actually kind of dull.
Pseudonym
While they’re at it, they should hire a PR consultant to teach them how to communicate effectively in the public media.
jjramsey
“Wild misinterpretations, however, are solely the fault of the idiots …”
