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15 Irrefutable Signs You're a Font Addict

Laura Busche Last updated: April 9, 2024 · 1 min read

How many hours did you spend window (font) shopping this week? Constantly suffering mood swings over gorgeous and poorly kerned type everywhere you look? Are you always exceeding your font allowance? The fact that you even have one is a strong sign that you might have fallen for one of the most consuming addictions of all time: fonts. We get it, and would like to welcome you to the #FontAddict family. Before you join though, could you check to see if any (or all) of these symptoms apply? Let us know in the comments below! TypeAddict15 TypeAddict14 TypeAddict13 TypeAddict12 TypeAddict10 TypeAddict9 TypeAddict8 TypeAddict7 TypeAddict6 TypeAddict5 TypeAddict3 TypeAddict4 TypeAddict2 TypeAddict1 TypeAddict11

Spotted any other signs?

We’re a team now. Share more signs so that others like you and I can recognize, try to recover, and inevitably remain stuck in our font addiction. Comment away!


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  • Ahahahhah every single day...I love fonts so much 11 years ago
  • I can relate to a fair few of these. I get annoyed when seeing primes being used instead of apostrophes and proper quotation marks though. Do I need help? Ha! 11 years ago
  • This weekend my BF installed numbers on our mailbox. The kerning is awful. I critiqued the hell out of it. All I could say was, "WHY DIDNT YOU CONSULT ME FIRST!" 11 years ago
  • haha @Laura Kennedy Been there! 11 years ago
  • This is so me when I find a font family I love and it cost a gazillion dollars 11 years ago
  • The fact that I scrolled to see what font was used, before actually getting to that image. 11 years ago
  • the one on the font for the resume was funny, I wonder how many interviews #fontaddicts might have missed because their resume wasn't ready! 11 years ago
  • I read recently that you should have no more than 500 fonts in Windows. Font Navigator says I have OVER 3000 fonts installed. I keep trying to un-install fonts, but I keep saying, "What if a client sends me a file and I don't have the font installed?" I have the entire Helvetica Neue family (nearly 60 fonts) installed. 11 years ago
  • I love this article! But I don't like font you've used :D Also who still don't have San Francisco from Apple I highly recommend download it, it's love for the first sight! 11 years ago
  • I also find myself watching movies or TV shows and wondering what font they used in the titles. 11 years ago
  • Hahahaha! Those are so me...hubs totally made me a font budget. :( 11 years ago
  • What's the font you used actually? :) 11 years ago
  • Ugh. Why didn’t you use real quote marks on #14? Totally undermined the whole page for me. 11 years ago
  • Found myself laughing because I'm guilty. 11 years ago
  • Stretching a font??? That's a abominable!!!!! 11 years ago
  • All of these are me, almost all my christmas wish list is made up of fonts and brushes. I just got a bundle of 41 families for less than 50 cents each! Who says christmas doesn't come early! 11 years ago