All Typographers can go to hell

Why is it that whenever web designers talk about typography in the most passing, innocuous way, they have an uncontrollable need to pay homage to trained typographers and generally act like obsequious little bitches? It’s not like what they do is all that challenging or skillful, so what’s with all the pathetic deference?

You’d think Typographers had been nearly wiped from the earth by the Nazis or something. (“Careful research has shown that during the immediate post-war decades, there was a slight decline in interest in all forms of literature as no one could quite work out which fonts were the most readable; meanwhile typography classes had record waiting lists as the faithful worked day and night to restore a profession of immense importance and prestige” – TIME, 1983).

I’m sick of hearing things like this:

“And if you look at the font I used, it’s smaller than usual. Oh, gosh, not that I know anything about fonts. If a typographer was here now he’d be tearing his hair out in frustration at my total ignorance of typography. I mean, you could write many books on just the subject of slightly smaller fonts alone I’m sure. I am scum. I’m a Philistine, etc.”

I’m sick of it. Typographers can suck my balls. Who fucking cares that much about fonts? From now on I’m using 142 point Comic Sans in everything I do just in case a typographer should happen to see it.

Actually, I take back everything I said against typographers, my real beef is quite clearly with the suckups.