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i dont want to die yet
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i use mickey font. it’s the font of knowledge.
Hello molly. :D
first lolololol funny video..again!
MOLLY MOLLY!!
wow she is beautiful esp her eyes
wtf did i just watch :D
I’ve decided….that I have a life and don’t give a crap.
She keeps wrecking those classic 8-bit machines.. I do not know how much more abuse my heart can take.. :((((
I used myriad pro, or helvetica.
Wow. I didn’t know there was a font/typeface war going on about Ikea’s choice of font.
Futura
Holly molly !!!11!
don’t get me wrong, I think Futura looks better, but that is NO bloody excuse for this overreaction.
Molly wins
typography is serious business
I won’t shop at IKEA until their catalog is in Wingdings.
Futura’s hot, but frankly they look near-similar.
I’d probably side with Verdana as it’s more accessable but…… what the hell am I doing? Why do I care!!
Molly needs her own font, we shall call it ADORABLE.
zomg, I can’t believe I spent 3 minutes watching a news report of fonts. But hey, at least it was done by Molly!
Futura has always been my fave typeface. Verdana pales in comparison… but at least it isn’t Arial.
Well, I guess we are all going to die because I can’t tell the difference between the two.
shes so hot
who gives a swimming brown
Futura. And we must choose! Or else our sweet Molly will die!
You might all kill me for this, but I seriously don’t see how the two fonts are very different. Would anyone have noticed if no one pointed it out?
FOR FUTURAAAAAA~
we will all die.
cool vid bro
as a graphic designer i have to fuck verdana yeah ok its good for the web and and such but come on ppl. futura is the next best thing to helvetica.
AGREE.
LMAO, i love you molly!
Molly is cool!
Both fonts suck. XD
i dont really give a poo
DIE! Long Live Futura! jk
I don’t give a shit about font, as long as I can read it i’m good!
CALIBRI FTW
This feels like a parody of the way people freaked out when you changed Rocketboom hosts, without the sexual innuendoes like “F**k this Font” or “Verdana makes my type BOLD”.
Futura FTW!!!
but the best of all is the good and old: Times New Roman
shes put on weight :(
what a retarded thing to complain about
I’m a Perpetua guy.
…..
Neue Helvetica ftw :P
Pssh…Lucida Sans Unicode is where it’s at!
Comic Sans MS can be used for my chairs..
Nice and round
parody right?
Sarcasm?
I fear any shopper who has that much free time to inspect the minutae of fonts.
so funny! hahaha, great video molly(:
*dies*
$2000 for a set?
LOL I just downloaded Futura Bold, Futura Extra Bold, and Futura Extra Heavy for free :P
Arial Nigga.
Now stop pestering me.
wow…People will kill eachother over anything! ~mocks~ “I feel like I am browsing a Wal-mart catalog”…These dumbasses need to get a life and get off their high horsees. I really can’t believe people are serious about fuckign letters.
Both fonts must die for bringing this hatred to our small and peaceful village!!
Verdana ftw :)
LMFAO I AGREE!
palatino, obviously!
i think youtube should change font
Speaking of freaking out over nothing — Molly, Mac OS X is pronounced “OS Ten”, not “X”. It came after OS 9. Have a good weekend!
Futura, die Schrift unserer Zeit….FUCK VERDANA!!
Helvetica, Presna, Decker and Avant Garde ALL DAY.
You are very boring Molly. You’re not even hot. I hope you get a Gym membership with the money you make from rocketboom.
Darfur
DOWN VERDANA
where do you come up with this stuff, sooo funny! and i am in the verdana camp, screw Futura! :P
PAPYRUS
Verdana is just so ugly on print! Can’t anyone see that? Can’t IKEA see that?!
Dude.. So much crappy fail drama over two fonts that look almost the same anyway (I can tell the difference, but still)..
I’d join the group that doesn’t give a rat’s ass if I knew about it sooner. xDD
WE WILL AL DIE?!?!?!?1/!
Futura ftw
i like the dark turn at the end. more.
I love how you say “whats up”
Molly your the best F**k The Rest
Molly Rules! Another Masterpiece of Sardonic Sarcasm, gracefully laced with faux-drama suitable for a Hollywood Oscar Nom Promo!
But, in reality (remember reality?), no one really gives a shit….
What further proof do we need that Western “culture” is deader than the Times Roman Empire?
WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS???
But seriously, get a life people. I can’t even tell the difference between those two fonts.
did someone say incorrect di̬̱̐͂̊ͪ̇̚a̳̮̭͍̱͒ͤ̓cri̖̬̬̮̱̟tì͗̐̏cal ma̶͉͇͔̝̫͆͜rks?
Molly even though your over in the US full time you owe it to your fans. NOT TO LOSE YOUR SEXY ENGLISH ACCENT!
lol DINGBATS FTW
+1 Verdana
futura+ verdana-
Miss Host, I don’t know your name, but I thought you are awesome. I don’t give a crap about the font fight, by the way, but I’d hear u talk about it all day long.
Futura, haaands down.
I thought there was some dirt on my screen.
Do you see that man with the thick glasses? The man over there, who’s ignoring all the stop-signs written in Verdana and Futura. Oh, hey, that’s you!
I’m joining that “who gives a rats ass?” group. They look so similar.
… it’s a font. Seriously, people, there are more important things going on.
Disturbing.
LOL 0:16 - 0:18 ^_^
FUTURA
Wow, I just looked around the web for some info about this and there are some pathetically angry people out there, upset over a font.
LOL at font snobs.
they should switch to Wingdings font
wow. really? I mean really? an all out internet war over fonts? Man, I knew internet peps were geeky, but that is just sad.
So then this new kid in town comes along and he’s like, “Whaz up?”
this is girl is hot!
Oh my god, I can’t decide which one deserves to be on the IKEA catalogue. I guess I’ll be losing sleep tonight.
ok i think .. uhm … uhm …..
We am died-ed
FUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
No my friend, it’s a typeface.
wow. who the fuck knew?
futura.
CUE “DUEL OF THE FATES”…
There are sadder things, but I won’t point those out to you.
I’m already feeling suicidal about this whole font change thing. I’m gonna go hang myself with an Ikea bedsheet now.
Death by font: a classic elizabeathean tragedy.
Futura FTW
futura train! hop on!
futura!
noooooooooo i don’t wanna die!
Its just a fucking font.. Who the fuck cares…
Haha, this made me laugh! I love Molly :D
I love both fonts but I think Futura should stay.
Ah, I’ll take Helvetica.
futura
being a Graphic Design geek I found this to be … perfect.
molly looks good
Comic Sans wins of course.
No wait, Wingdings.
Georgia FTW
wow people are crazy about fonts.
Futura FTW!!!
Who is Stuart Harmon? and why does he have 20 message in his inbox?
Wingdings
Futura FTW
That was epic!
futura all the way!
Mac OS X (ten).
I’m the jerk that points that out.
loved this! way to go and drop the Verdanagate bomb back in everyone’s face ..hilarious really
LOL! I thought that too! Either he is popular or he doesn’t read his FB e-mails very often.
FUTURA!
It’s definitely new lamps for old.
Wasn’t the intent of the EU law suit to get MS to become more open? MS is too self-serving.
Verdana looks crude when compared to Frutiger and Trebuchet.
There can be only one!
Futura !!!!
O_O Molly scares me, mommy…
Uuuuuh…
Who…
Cares…
I NEVER use Veranda and only on rare occasions use Futura. I’m using Helvetica right now. Don’t hate me.
futura :D
…obviously
All else being equal, there is hardly a question which one is aesthetically superior.
Thank you!!! That always drives me nuts.
just because a font? I odnt realy see much difference
Haha, microsmirk split seconds from the blackscreen
AHAHHAHAHHAHAHA so random it makes me LOL
Oh, please no! Not Verdana! Some people really need to get out more. This is THE saddest thing I have ever seen. Who gives a shit, really?
Futura is way better. But Matthew Carter is sweet.
I’m with the guy who doesn’t give a rat’s ass.
Srsly. Who cares about Ikea? :D
I rally for more cataloges in Wingdings font.
it’s nice to know that there’s people out there who are passionate about this sort of thing.
it diverts the cabbage hurlings away from us other geeks.
LOOK OVER THERE! IT’S SOME NEW FREAKS! TASTY NEW FLAVOURS! GO GET THEM!
i hear that design geeks make more satisfying royal flushes, and stuff better into lockers compared to regular geeks.
Verdana is great on the computer, but less in print.
futura !!!!!
futura, that’s way cooler
To be honest i can’t spot the difference. :(
nerds just got weirder…….and i tot it couldn’t be done….
Futura!
\
I think people who have nothing better to do with themselves than to complain about a change of FONT, obviously are’nt having enough Sex with People !!!
Yes, you know who you are,
Put the Chicken down and go and get a Real Girlfriend !!!
This news is several weeks old.
Who cares?
I understand the designer’s point of view. Yet designing is something of your own, you can’t force it upon someone else. For instance, I’ld like it if everyone used Futura or some big and chunky font, but you can’t force that off everybody! That’s the beauty of free will.
And let’s not forget that IKEA is getting massive attention and thus advertisement because of this.
I love how people star wars over a few fonts. Its so entertaining.
sort of like amanda congdon vs any rocket boom reporter thereafter. molly=verdana
Fonts are nice and all, but the fact that people are fighting over them is just. plain. stupid.
Dump VERDANA!!! Long live FUTURA!! BTW, “it is not an X, it’s a TEN” (Steve Jobs).
futura ftw.
The only thing that ran through my mind that entire video was “Damn, I would tap dat until the wheels fell off.” and I don’t mean either of the fonts.
Molly said OS “EX”.
Futura, yo
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Is there any fucking difference between the two fonts? I don’t see a damn thing.
fuck verdana. Piece of shit font.
Verdana! Futura screams 80’s but I don’t buy IKEA cause I don’t trust europeans.
I don’t care.. but still interresting that some actually do care
wow I didn’t think there was such a dumb feud going on.
On second thought, I’m not so surprised.
I could watch Molly everyday talk about technical specs of inkjet printers, and it’d be interesting. She’s getting better show by show.
comic sans ftw
are you faking serious!!!!!!! The only person who would spazz about this would be the same retard who spazzed about Kevin Jonas’ engagement
like honestly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make that 2 people joined the “i dont give a rats ass….” group on facebook.
Like seriously………..those people must not have a life……
Futura. Iconic, like a Chanel Suit.
Futura FTW! I took a graphic design class, so I have an eye for stuff
If its legible, than I don’t think it matters which font they use. If they use Wingdings though; it is so on.
I love her.
well… why don’t they make the website futura?
Ah, remember the heady days of Word 3.01, with a choice of not three or four, but as many as seven fonts! Oh the joy! Times, Arial, Helvetica, Lucida, Palatino, Garamond, and Wingdings. Or were there more? I don’t remember.
I miss my daisywheel printer.
Whoops. I meant dingbats.
Futura all the way!
everyone has vedana, even morons who only use their computer for facebook have verdana
it’s just distasteful
verdana ftw.
0.17second faster reading time than arial. it was my science project. wtf is futura…
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The actual text part of a website uses fonts installed on the user’s system. 99% of people don’t have Futura installed.
What they could do is specify that the site uses Futura and then specify Verdana as a fallback font.
This girl should be on our telly screens. I don’t drool anywhere near enough at the minute…
when she talks abaut the german maker… you see only dutch text :)
I have to say I felt this was very good.
Taking a class doesn’t mean your opinion isn’t bad, crappy, invalid, stupid, lame, ridiculous, retarded, ignorant, pointless, or plain old wrong. It just means you had enough money to spend to listen to someone speak.
In case you didn’t know that already, I figured I’d let you know.
I think the whole word wars thing is so ridiculous. I mean, has anyone seen that god-awful documentary called Helvetica?
I just laughed so hard. The punch line at the end always get me! :D
Helvetica :3
CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM CONFORM
A bit of a shame considering how well Futura fitted with IKEA’s aesthetic. But maybe the very utilitarian Verdana is what modern looks like now?
I also made my own video about this a couple of weeks ago.
Andy
at least it ain’t comic sans
lol what’s going on
mrcakey, 99% of people would still see verdana though? making the font type inconsistant across their digital/print format.
The best thing to do is define a digital font type and a print font type, as long as this is set in the brand values it should be fine. But obviously IKEA want to keep this consistant.
CSS3 will help towards this issue as custom fonts will be able to be loaded in stylesheets. Although IE seem to be lagging at this (as usual), and then there’s issues with font type laws.
i like times new roman
molly win!
I can’t take it anymore!!! I love this girl!
SHE MUST BE MINE!!!
I like Molly. Her videos are fun.
I think this video was really well done! I love me some typography nerding.
I <3 you Rocketboom! :)
(especially with darling Molly!)
FUTURA.
I haven’t been sure what to make of Molly until now. Now I know. She is awe. Some.
I kinda miss the older style Rocketboom. I guess Molly reaches a new audience, but really she just seems kinda blank to me and somewhat irksome. Perhaps I’m just an old fart Gen Xer.
VERDANA FOR THE WIN
And you guys are fucking retarded. I remember the petition about Comic Sans…ITS A FUCKING FONT. GET A LIFE YOU NERDS!
NO I DUN WANNA DIE!!! NONONONONONO AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! fine Futura?
Something Molly is getting into = goood
Not mean to sound racist or anything but those letters all look the same to me.
molly wana suck my lolly?
PIKACHU I CHOOSE YOU
Some of these ikea people need to see FightClub, then beat the crap out of themselves.
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This was possibly the worst rocketboom episode i’ve ever seen
FUTURA ftw
I have never been more afraid of western society then I am right now. What are our priorieties?
futura is the prettiest tbh. and will always have a place in my heart :)
maybe they can ditch both and use Helvetica !!
this is such a nerdy video. I love it.
FUTURA!….and i love her and her fonts lmao :P
yes, I am well aware. I didnt mean to come off as though my opinion mattered, but i appreciate you being so rude :D
….fuck right off you stupid cunts. The font of fucking catalog?
wow… all that for a font? hmmm…
Well, I’m appreciative too.
fingers crossed for one day!
I should join that “doesn’t give a rats arse” group… but I don’t have facebook. If I had to pick one font that I preferred it would probably be Futura. It looks better in my opinion, but I really don’t care, lol.
There are people starving in third world countries, and people are arguing over a stupid FONT?!
for reals…
hey M4rple, step up and go do something about it then.
C’mon who really cares? Is Ikea selling less chairs because of the font in their catalog? are you losing money because of that?
Yes they will sell less chairs - to me. Verdana is not an option and it is not for print. Futura is enlightened and - this is even better - BAUHAUS.
In 2012 we are all gonna die because of Verdana in IKEA catalogues. The end is neigh!
The one guy in the don’t care group is a stand alone hero.
Nice straw man.
I could also claim that people are worried about bad impersonations of celebrities when there are people starving.
People starve all the time. I’m not trying to be cold blooded, but this is a simple fact of life.
But, trying to use that fact as a way to win an argument without actually refuting the point (straw man argument) is not only a cheap shot, but is also very cold-blooded because you are using human misery to win an argument that you are not really arguing.
Futura hands down!!
Diito.
Futura is a font that visually is appropriate for Ikea: clean, simple, functional, but also stylish in its own right. The font visually represents Ikea and helps to bolster that image of the company and its products.
Verdana, OTOH, appears to try to hard to be simple and elegant at the same time. In the end, it is a cheap-looking, tasteless font. How it looks is not characteristic of Ikea.
almost 1000 members now.. and 11 on the dont care group ;) make that 12 :D
If you don’t care about this, then that’s why you’d never be successful in graphic design.
It’s very much in the same vein as never being successful in designing and building cars if all you’re interested in that aspect of the business is just driving the car, taking it to the mechanic for the oil changes and tire rotations, and filling it with gas.
hahaha FUTURA GOGO
M4rple’s claim is not a straw man. If M4rple had been arguing that the switch to Veranda was inconsequential because people are starving then it would have been. Instead that user is saying that the actual discussion about the font switch is trivial. I must agree with M4rple, the amount of debate this switch has generated is a little ridiculous in the grand scheme of things.
Nonsense.
You may as well not talk about ANYTHING that is not as important as people starving.
And, ultimately, people use the particular excuse of a topic not being important “in the grand scheme of things” as a subtle way to express that they were offended by it.
Well, here’s my suggestion. If you don’t agree, but don’t really have anything to say that is conducive to the topic, THEN STAY OUT OF IT.
And, I still stand by that M4rple’s claim *IS* a straw man.
It acts to dispute the point without really disputing it.
Just because it may be trivial to M4rple, it’s not sufficient grounds for others to cease discussion nor does it add anything new.
Of course, this is trivial compared to human misery. So what?
Furthermore, what if people talking about it not only know about that but actually DO something about it and are engaging in this dialog as a diversion from the miseries of the world?
you must decide now or we will all die. I love this stuff :)
I feel fact-raped.
But I have Futura on iMovie and Office for macs… What?? 1000$?!
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