My neighbor said my flyer looked like a ransom note

I was showing him a community event poster I printed, all proud of using five different fonts. He just stared at it and said, 'Looks like you cut the letters from a magazine. Is this a ransom note?' I used to think more fonts meant more creative. Now I stick to two fonts max for any single page. It made the next batch of 200 fundraiser flyers look way more put together. Has anyone else had a simple comment totally change a basic design rule for them?

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betty_fisher512d ago

Feel your pain, I once made a birthday card with four different fonts (Comic Sans, Papyrus, you get the idea). My friend asked if it was a cry for help. That one joke totally rewired my brain. Now I see a flyer with too many fonts and I just think 'hostage situation'. Your fundraiser flyers probably looked ten times better after that.

the_logan12d ago

That ransom note comment is brutal but so true. What were the five fonts you thought worked together back then? I bet we've all made that same mistake before realizing less is more.