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Posted on: December 2, 2009 7:35 PM, by Jessica Palmer
The best Lady Gaga parody yet? Judge for yourself:
I lay it out like they do in magazines
check out this typeface it's like smoking nicotine (I love it)
using Adobe's not the same without a Mac
if it was lead it would be lined up on a track
Oh yeah! Via Jennifer Ouellette.
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clever - but we need all the lyrics, please!
Posted by: mollyrogers | December 2, 2009 10:17 PM
Yes. Yes, yes, YES. The best parody! Wow!
Posted by: OmegaMom | December 2, 2009 10:26 PM
Okay, molly:
I lay it out like they do in magazines
check out this typeface it's like smoking nicotine (I love it)
using Adobe's not the same without a Mac
if it was lead it would be lined up on a track
oh,oh,oh,oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I'll mock it up, show you what I got
oh,oh,oh,oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I'll mock it up, show you what I got
You'll read my,
You'll read my,
You can read my Neutra Face
(Even if it's bold italic)
You'll read my,
You'll read my,
You can read my Neutra Face
(Even if it's bold italic)
N-n-n-neutra face, n-n-n-neutra face
nah nah nah nah
N-n-n-neutra face, n-n-n-neutra face
nah nah nah nah
Thought about Futura but the em space was to wide
not even when condensed,believe me i've already tried
Gill sans the G is wack when it's in lowercase
Avante Garde you make me hard but like Helvetica you've been played
oh,oh,oh,oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I'll mock it up, show you what I got
oh,oh,oh,oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I'll mock it up, show you what I got
You'll read my,
You'll read my,
You can read my Neutra Face
(Even if it's bold italic)
You'll read my,
You'll read my,
You can read my Neutra Face
(Even if it's bold italic)
N-n-n-neutra face, n-n-n-neutra face
nah nah nah nah
N-n-n-neutra face, n-n-n-neutra face
nah nah nah nah
I won't tell you that you're modern
post- or nouveau
cause I'm hype'n with my type'n
I'm not freehandin', letterpressin', texting or skywriting
like a finger on a keyboard
break a nail before I cross you
see my references, reference this
check this font cause it's sans serif
You'll read my,
You'll read my,
You can read my Neutra Face
(Even if it's bold italic)
You'll read my,
You'll read my,
You can read my Neutra Face
(Even if it's bold italic)
(They're on the YouTube page)
Posted by: Jessica Palmer
| December 2, 2009 10:41 PM
But I wanted to see the actual Neutraface, does that make me a geek?
Posted by: Dave X | December 3, 2009 9:53 AM
Dave X: yes.
Posted by: Jessica Palmer
| December 3, 2009 11:54 AM
Best Lady Gaga Parody? Oh, how we'll laugh in 20 years remembering those, and that *what's her name*. Write a funny song about fonts, and just ignore the crap disposable pop culture and maybe it will go away. Why, In my day…
Give me a C, a bouncy C.
And get off my lawn!
Posted by: Kerry Maxwell | December 3, 2009 10:21 PM
Jess,
I haven't laughed so hard in quite a while. Thanks!
As one good turn...check this out:
http://www.cell.com/trends/cell-biology/special_issue
Happy Holidays,
M
Posted by: mlc | December 4, 2009 8:55 AM
fan-freaking-tastic!!!!
Posted by: Judith | December 6, 2009 6:40 AM
That cracked me up. :} Also I didn't catch that line about Avant Garde when I watched it so thanks for posting the lyrics.
Posted by: LadyMeerkat | December 8, 2009 9:42 PM