Bad Jokes

Google Nerds Love April Fool's Day: Font Jokes for Everyone!

By Joe Coscarelli Fri., Apr. 1 2011 at 10:15 AM
Categories: Bad Jokes, Google, Hoaxes, Joe Coscarelli

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Go to Google and search for "Helvetica," the respectable font. The joke is that the results come up in "Comic Sans," a less respectable font. Get it? This day sucks.

But wait, there's more! A new Google product, in "beta," like every year prior. This time it's Gmail Motion:

Also, on YouTube it's the year 1911.

Gotcha!

[jcoscarelli@villagevoice.com / @joecoscarelli]

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