Masters of minimal design, Ikea has made a rather interesting switch recently. As their 2009 catalogue appeared with its usual array of oddly named tables and dubiously constructed wardrobes, it was something else that caught the eye of UK readers... Ikea has switched from good old Futura, to the rather frighteningly bad Verdana font for it's printed material.
For those who don't know, or can't be bothered to read more, choosing Verdana for print is worse than having no font at all. At best it's a screen font, at worst it's an ugly monstrosity that is best left in the offices of Microsoft where it was invented...
To get a feel for just how awful and odd it is check this out: verdana
Maybe next they can redesign their logo in Comic Sans... :(
http://www.petitiononline.com/IKEAVERD/petition.html ;)
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