A disorder characterized by the excessive consumption of and dependence on type, leading to physical and psychological harm and impaired social and vocational functioning. Also called typographical abuse, font dependence. 1
1 "Typoholism" and defintion coined by I Love Typography.
Typoholism.com is a single serving twitter app. It searches twitter for the hashtag #typoholism and displays it on this page.
In truth though, this site is just an ellaborative hoax created to trick you into listening to Read Between the Leading, a design and typography podcast. So please humor us and give it a listen.
© 2009 Matt McInerney & Aaron Heth except where cited otherwise.
http://twitpic.com/1shij - never underestimate the time it takes to refine. #typoholism
via de_yah_na (deanna)
I'm not even sure what to think: about the message or hand-lettering. http://tinyurl.com/6gl74k #typoholism
via aaronheth (Aaron Heth)
Or should I say: #typoholism is when you kern to the beat of whatever song you're listening to.
via andritchie (Matt Ritchie)
For instance, i don't like seeing Frutiger on my toothpaste or my cereal box. i know it'll piss me off tomorrow morning #typoholism
via lqd (Rémy Rakic)
The fact that FF DIN, and derivatives of Frutiger are being used more and more is nice but also incredibly annoying #typoholism
via lqd (Rémy Rakic)
@aisleone by the way, added a feed tag into the <head> of #typoholism for subscribing
via mattmc (Matt McInerney)
Photos of the gorgeous Typographica 7 on Grain Edit. - http://twurl.nl/hr0byy #typoholism
via aisleone (Antonio Carusone)
Ugh dumb quote #typoholism http://twitpic.com/1s4j8
via mattmc (Matt McInerney)
Into typography? Then check out the "Read Between the Leading" podcast at http://readbetweentheleading.com/ and follow @rbtlshow #typoholism
via disturbyte (Zachary Voase)
Smart quote (see Matt's) #typoholism http://twitpic.com/1rfds
via aaronheth (Aaron Heth)
If you're into typography and design check out #typoholism http://typoholism.com/
via thebirdsword (The Bird's Word)
More Ikea type goodness. - http://twitpic.com/1rcak #typoholism
via aisleone (Antonio Carusone)
Ikea always has gorgeous typography. I wonder which face is being used. - http://twitpic.com/1rc25 #typoholism
via aisleone (Antonio Carusone)
The League of Moveable Type - a collection of open source fonts http://bit.ly/1aqZRG #typoholism
via NirTober (Nir Tober)
RT @aisleone: FF DIN receives it's own microsite. - http://twurl.nl/68rg83 #typoholism *Oh that is nice!
via Artboredom (Chris Huller)
Want to read more examples of typoholism? visit #typoholism on twitter search