I recall having a long conversation with a digital type foundry person in 1991 about 3D type. It wasn't NEARLY as interesting as this article.

I know this is utterly ridiculous, and it would be a total pain in the ass and waste of time if it ever became reality, but I have to admit... deep down there is a part of me that thinks it would be cool if certain words leapt LEAPT from the screen SCREEN. It would certainly give certain sentences more punch PUNCH.

<blink> tag, anyone?

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McSweeny's is a (justly) famous satirical site.

I've never understood how people fall into the fallacy that fonts are even slightly important; but I've run into font fanatics that have taken down entire software companies down by pissing away the entire development budget on font fiddling so I suppose there must be some Satanic attraction to it...

Papyrus isn't good enough anymore?

(secretly I hold a deep love in my heart of hearts for Papyrus)

Papyrus is for the kids.

Comic Sans has class.

"I've never understood how people fall into the fallacy that fonts are even slightly important; but I've run into font fanatics that have taken down entire software companies down by pissing away the entire development budget on font fiddling so I suppose there must be some Satanic attraction to it..."

:shakes fist.: Typography does matter. It does effect how quicly or slowly people read. Different uses deserve different typography.

Boing Boing: prior art art!

I didn't even think that Boing Boing itself is a demonstration of this principle. I read on Mediabistro this morning that a Belgian newspaper did exactly what Greenman invented, at the same time. It was crazy to think that his satirical idea came true. Anyway, I thought this was a brilliant piece.

Seriously Seriously, prior art: 3D Sterogram Ascii Image Generator

As a huge 3D lover (bathophile?), I'd love to write an app or plugin to do this, just for shits and giggles.

But I'm thousands of miles away from my 3D hardware, and my main machine, and I'll have forgotten about it by the time I get home :(

Meh. I'm sure someone else'll do it anyway.

Dude, I loooove(d) the <blink> tag. It’s just tragic that it’s deprecated.

Deprecation is censorship! Campaign for blink in CSS! :P