As typographers ’round the world can attest, the ampersand can be a challenging letterform to adapt when designing a new font. The Shit & site takes jabs at the ampersands of a few specific typefaces.

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We’ve all heard that dreaded, yet ubiquitous, question from a client: “Can you make the logo bigger?”  We rationalize, we plead, we instill the fear of a failed campaign – all to no avail.  Enter the genius of Michael Beirut with a solution to this all-too-common issue designers face. This is the most deliciously devious – make that, clever – “strategy” we’ve come across in a long while. Enjoy!

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We’ve all been there. “Can you make it more ‘webby’ looking?” or “Let’s try to ‘jazz it up’ a bit” or “How about this font called Comic Sans?” This is a funny look at some all-too-true things clients do to drive their designers nuts, all while expecting award-winning design as an end result. Yeah, right!

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This is just too good to pass up. Talk about creativity. It will crack you up. Super Heroes based on Photoshop filters. Crystallize, Ocean Ripple, Motion Blur and Halftone Pattern Maker are among the masked adventurers you’ll find.

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It ain’t easy being cheesy….OK, well, maybe it is. We all know that designers can sometimes have a language all their own. Why should pick-up lines be any different? This funny list of designer-inspired lines includes such classics-in-the-making as: “I dig your look and feel.” and “Has anybody every told you that your teeth have perfect kerning?”.

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Sometimes, you just gotta laugh at the absurdity of things. This is a funny – and, sadly, all-too-true – list of 11 sarcastic reasons clients don’t need professional designers. Hilarity ensues!

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