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The Font War: Ikea

Fans Fume over Switch to Verdana

08/31/09 at 8:52am
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  1. stuckwisch reblogged this from livejamie
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  3. grumpyoldgranny reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    all i can think of is the delicious $1.50 ice cream cone at ikea.
  4. gisellemonique reblogged this from livejamie
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  8. sadblog reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    This is something that only me and Jaye really would care about even though it’s VERY important.
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  12. littleadventures reblogged this from katherinemichael and added:
    I don’t like it either. I don’t like Verdana. Futura is just so much more classy.
  13. katherinemichael reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    I know it really doesn’t matter, but I don’t like that they switched.
  14. the-wanderluster reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    “…it has provoked an instantaneous global backlash, the kind that can only happen on the Internet.” I like when people...
  15. iamthedancefloor reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    Things like this make me lose faith in humanity.
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  19. heysean reblogged this from diariesofanurbancyclist
  20. chikkitina reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    O.O HOW did i not catch this while flipping through the 2010 catalogue!?!!
  21. sleepingchild reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    Are you kidding me?
  22. aspiringslacker reblogged this from livejamie
  23. adam-a-hc reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    Really? Some people need...drown themselves.
  24. duskyleaf reblogged this from livejamie
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  28. feishien reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    Yeah, well I like verdana. Take that, haters.
  29. kranta reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    I’m an Ikea fan. I think this is ridiculous. SWITCH BACK TO THE OLD FONT RIGHT NOW.
  30. gkojaz reblogged this from livejamie
  31. tonystarks reblogged this from livejamie
  32. floortje reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    I totally love this… just crazy.
  33. hirooon reblogged this from livejamie
  34. lay-uh reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    damnit ikea. and i thought you guys could do nothing wrong.
  35. down2fuck reblogged this from livejamie
  36. renne reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    IKEA, you trouble me. Change not a constant in my life! Or at least don’t even stop selling those mad little scented...
  37. frictionxpop reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    All because of a font? At least they have an IKEA near by. I wish there was an IKEA in effin Idaho.
  38. marynoelyn reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    “Verdana was designed for the limitations of the Web — it’s dumbed down and overused. It’s a bit like using Lego
  39. gatsbylives reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    I love a great Font War. Sadly, I’m not joking. Oh, and by the way: FUTURA FOREVER. Get the Memo, Ikea.
  40. fuckyeahfeast reblogged this from livejamie
  41. ygsoul reblogged this from livejamie
  42. lamariejeanne reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    omg. serifs. NO.
  43. tinydancercxm reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    ikea reminds me of 500 days of summer :]
  44. tdmathis reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    This is why I love people.
  45. jessicadrew reblogged this from livejamie
  46. yssirhcmik reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    AGH I hate Verdana…
  47. junekang reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    Typography passion, dang.
  48. animusfacitnobliem reblogged this from livejamie
  49. darkandmetric reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    Is this not the saddest thing you’ve ever read?
  50. michsaechao reblogged this from itsadrian and added:
    I TOLD YOU! Ikea ads will never be the same. A wise man once said: If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
  51. itsadrian reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    i don’t like the font switch. :\
  52. misskimsf reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    At least it wasn’t Helvetica…
  53. nilla reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    at least they didn’t switch...comic sans. that woulda been horrible.
  54. iedwin reblogged this from livejamie
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  56. bedsheets reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    MORE PEOPLE ARE LIKE ME THAN I THOUGHT. A++, WORLD. (Seriously, guys, this is a Big Deal—maybe I’m just extra disgusted...
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  60. emergency9 reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    No way! I always rock the V [Verdana]. It is my personal font. Nice work IKEA!
  61. burgerphone reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    wow not cool that is really weird
  62. eyeam reblogged this from jennyd and added:
    Futura to VERDANA? They said “”Plus, it’s a simple, modern-looking typeface.” Wtf. Futura wasn’t simple and modern...
  63. randrenfrow reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    “Designers have always thought of Ikea as one of their own,” Barbarasa notes. “So now, in a way, the design community...
  64. old813594 reblogged this from livejamie and added:
    i vote for customized futura version
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