#he used papyrus as the font lmao

[velvetwyrme]

Font anon again! Thanks for indulging me. Yes it is the fic where SF!Papyrus is Palatino. It’s one of my favs. I agree with Serif as a last name because it’s funny.

I’m going mostly off vibes. You completely nailed what I was going for with UF! Papyrus (you are definitely the right person to brainstorm with and have great insight.) My original font search prioritized fonts people complained about, sticking to the theme of Comic Sans and Papyrus being “annoying fonts.” If you can think of any other ones I’m down to hear them.

Here is my list of names:

Courier

Helvetica

Trajan

Bradley Hand

Gentona, Avenir

Calibri

Verveine

Corsiva

Frutiger

Bodoni

Vivaldi

Zapfino

Rockwell

Amadeus

Clarendon

Arvo

Avenir

Casion

Cooper

Didot

Carrington

Anviers

Fontin

Fertigo

Harrington

*waves hand at you* nOOOOO WORRIESSS and thank you for the clarification ;D!! I'm always here for indulgence owu!! And thank you! I'm glad you like my take on things haha! (ANNOYING FONTS LETS GO!!!!)

This is a fantastic list :o!! I pulled up all the fonts in your list in another window for maximum ponderance lol.

I stuck my thoughts under the cut because as usual it got long (and for some of them I'm spitballing more than anything) but hopefully it's of some help ^^!

Swap!Papyrus: Hands down (haha), he suits Bradley Hand visually- the font is like Papyrus (font) but more loose and scribbled- it has more curves and thus has a more laidback kind of vibe, which is why I think it'd suit him... but also I'm losing my mind at the idea of calling him Bradley (derogatory) (/lh).

(I'm also biased though. I used to use this font for writing when I was younger LMAO. You know how people say to write with Comic Sans? I did that with Bradley Hand.)

Swap!Sans: I reckon he'd fit Cooper.

Round, bold, a little bit 'childish' when compared to other fonts, but infinitely more put together than Comic Sans. It also makes me think about comics like Archie or Garfield, which used similar rounded fonts for their titles! Cooper (font) feels so... cartoony to me, y'know? Also it makes me think of Sly Cooper just namewise lmaooooo

Underfell!Sans: Ok. OK. Listen I don't think this font suits him BUT!!! Fontin would be REALLY FUNNY just purely because I think he'd have the time of his life making jokes about "Fonting". Like: "ey! i'm fontin' here!" type of jokes which would get old so so so quickly. Do you see my vision.

If Carrington was less... curly-cursive I'd say it'd suit him purely for the potential visual association with like. the typeface you might see at a stereotypical tattoo parlour or something. IDK it makes me think about tattoos and motorcycles.

SAYING ALL THAT THOUGH: I think he could suit Rockwell! It makes me think of titles and bold headers, also cowboy westerns and Very Masculine and Cool products lol. Except... Rockwell is usually used with Uppercase, Title case or Sentence case. Purely lowercase Rockwell feels inherently cursed to me. (Like truly, what are you doing if you're using Rockwell in lowercase. That's committing a violence.)

Swapfell!Papyrus: Weirdly enough, I reckon I could see him with Corsiva or Fertigo? (Which... looks strikingly similar to Fontin. Huh!)

(Fertigo on the LEFT, Fontin on the RIGHT)

IMO, Fertigo feels more laidback due to the curling tips (which still come to sharp points). The way that the ends of "strokes" get flicked gives it a sort of lazier vibe.

BUT the font choice here also depends on your interpretation of SF!Pap!!

If you want to have a font that's underrated and everywhere?? GO Calibri. It's used as the default font for Microsoft, and is designed to be very easy to read. This is particularly befitting of the interpretations of SF!Pap where he's well versed in computers/electronics and/or doing spywork. His presence is not actively noticed, but he's always there! Alternatively, if you wanted to name him after a serif'd font, similar to Calibri, one of the fonts from your list, Caslon, has a somewhat ubiquitous presence, and also feels a little rougher/crunchier than stuff like Calibri or Fertigo.

Other notes:

I know you already decided on a name for him, but Trajan is also a really good alternative option for UF!Papyrus imo. Similar Roman-Commander vibes except even more explicit LMAO. Plus, it's a solely uppercase font, which is even more fitting.

Didot... if you swap the 'i' for a 'd' and vice versa, you get 'idiot' which is simply ripe for the teasing, but I don't think it fits any of the skeletons lol.

I would have suggested Arial as an option due to it's former prevalence, but honestly that name (+Verdana) have like… cemented themselves in my brain as 'fan-made skeleton' fonts ajbhjsmhjmdh (no shade whatsoever to anyone who uses them ofc, but MAN are they used a LOT.)

#i considered the fells having serifs and the non-fells having no serifs but mmm i think that puts a lot of restrictions on the options #additionally i feel like sf!gold bross fit script/cursive font names for some reason #zapfino and vivaldi for wine and coffee maybe... #velwy.txt #inbox #anon #i feel like i need a tag for these sortsa posts at this point lol #mindmortar #get it? because. headcano- *the mindmortar goes off and i m shot offscreen*

[patrick-stewart]

What We Do in the Shadows FX | 2.09

#what we do in the shadows #wwdits #wwditsedit #wwditssource #guillermo de la cruz #harvey guillen #* #** #he used papyrus as the font lmao #messing around in ps with the boy <3 #im lowkey loving the coloring i made for this

[entryno17]

hi! since you're a big gaster fan and know a lot about him, i was hoping you could explain something to me. a popular theory is the dadster idea, where he is the father to sans and papyrus. but i dont understand why him being related to them is such a common assumption. i cant recall anything in the game that implies they are related. i know there's a couple subtle hints that sans worked for him, but afaik theres nothing that shows papyrus and gaster knew each other at all. if they were closely related wouldnt they bring him up at some point, even in a small way (like papyrus telling you his dad made the core or smth like that)? plus gaster doesnt have a special reaction to their names in deltarune when he does for other characters, and its not hinted anywhere that he had a family. just seems like a pretty big detail for them to all ignore or never bring up. could there be something i am missing?

you’re right—there’s actually no evidence implying their relation (unless you wanna talk about grandpa semi but let’s not get into that lmao), so it’s nothing more than a popular headcanon. it’s really just based on the fact that sans and papyrus are two skeleton brothers that speak in special fonts, so unless all skeletons speak in weird fonts in the underground?—the conclusion most people draw is that they’re related in some way.

as for papyrus seemingly being unfamiliar with gaster—this is a part where it’s completely up to interpretation. there are a lot of potential factors regarding this, and there’s definitely no right answer (that we know of, anyway). i’ll try to break down a few different things i think are worth bringing up.

1. the extent of memory retained between timelines/resets is INCREDIBLY ambiguously specified. (this is under the assumption that gaster was forgotten/erased after his ‘death’, which i talked about here.) we don’t know how much sans remembers gaster either—we don’t even know if he remembers him at all, which is a very real possibility. sans doesn’t have a special power to remember things between resets and timelines, he’s only able to notice them due to 1. prior research on the topic, and 2. generally being a really perceptive guy (as we know from his judgements, his continual observation of the player throughout their journey, etc). he could know that something’s wrong or that there’s parts of his past that he can’t remember, but there’s a real chance that even sans doesn’t know who gaster is, only knowing vaguely that he existed. based on his “don’t forget” note and how you interpret it, retaining memory is clearly important to him—hence the reminder he wrote for himself.

the deja vu that characters show between resets is never really explained in full; it’s probably meant to be vague, and it’s something that every character seems to have. what it entails or what its extent is, we have no idea. maybe the memory that persists through it varies in some way, depending on circumstances? we have no clue. maybe sans has some vague memory of gaster, maybe he remembers way more; again, there’s no way to tell. he never directly mentions gaster either, after all.

taking all this into account, it’s possible papyrus doesn’t know anything at all. if he’s unaware of resets, maybe he doesn’t remember anything. but, if he IS aware of them...

2. papyrus is a liar. he’s incredibly secretive, and honestly more mysterious than gaster imo. we have no way of knowing how much or how little he knows about gaster or anything else; if he does know everything, he certainly wouldn’t give us any clues about it. there’s a lot of analysis on the weirder parts of papyrus, but i’ll bring up a few important bits of information.

the most important thing in my opinion is, of course, this:

which, uh...

... yeah! he has those too! what the fuck!

many people have also pointed out that papyrus seems to really hate hotland for some reason, which is where gaster presumably worked as the royal scientist. maybe there's some relation there? and before you enter the core, papyrus tells you that he won’t be able to call you anymore... which is kinda weird, because alphys calls you in the core. repeatedly. (and if you consider gaster’s weird association with phones, specifically with them not working... uhh??)

AND...!!!

we still don’t know what this means. i’m afraid to know what this means.

what i’m trying to say is that there is a wealth of strange gaster/papyrus connections. i couldn’t possibly go over all of them, but MAN. they are present.

3. gaster actually DOES react to sans and papyrus’s names in deltarune! here’s a list of all the names that get a special reaction:

notably he doesn’t react to any darkner names, but he does acknowledge sans and papyrus. so he definitely KNOWS them, at the very very least.

in conclusion, i forgot this post was supposed to be about dadster. oops. but yeah—there are far too many connections between the three skeletons to dismiss their relation, and though we don’t know how they’re related, familial relationship is a popular theory.

... they’re a font family. (rimshot)

#SURVEY PROGRAM #ANALYSIS #that's my fun new tag for insane rambling about skeletons. check it out #also: i must continue to assert the superiority of grandpaster. boo we hate dadster boooooo

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Okay but important q about fonts: what font would Sherlock and John use? Or like, what font vibes do they give off? (other than maybe what the show used)

LMAO this is such an amazing debate, I recently found a font called Kaushan Script on Google docs and it looks kinda nice, especially when I wrote a nice footnote for someone who erased a chunk of information I wrote (the footnote: because fuck you, that's why - all in the font, it has a fancy vibe) and I'll do it again here, sorry

Fuck you, Pete.

AHAHHAHHAAHA OMG OMG OMG. See, I find Script fonts are PERFECT for passive aggressive people like myself. It sends a message but leaves the other person confused. NICE, NONNY. I hope Pete got the message hahaahh!

OKAY OKAY OKAY so like John? He wouldn’t know how to change the fonts. He would use the default anything. So like Times, or Arial, or that one embarrassing time he had to write a paper for uni in Papyrus because his roommate changed his fonts all to Papyrus and he couldn’t change them back. 

Sherlock can go either way, honestly. I see him as a Sans Serif man, to be honest, and would use a font like Gotham or Montserrat because they’re modern and Sherlock is ALWAYS trying to be cool (he’s really not though, LOL). But for papers he writes to journals, I think he would first START with Times or Georgia, but at the end, in his ridiculous desire to try to look hip and cool, would switch it to Gotham or Akzidenz-Grotesk because “I’m different, John.”

Hee hee.

#steph replies #johnlock headcanons #chatting with nonnies #fonts #steph loves fonts #Anonymous

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ASL notes: 

on page 4, frisk is just using a sign that means ‘wait’.

i am slowly figuring out how to draw papyrus! also using papyrus LET as a font for him is MUCH easier lmao.

also, it's not that papyrus thinks little of himself- he just thinks very highly of sans' intelligence! He's proud of his brother and wishes Sans would apply himself more.

#EoR #undertale #undertale fan comic #undertale fancomic #utdr #undertale comic #undertale fanart #frisk #flowey #frisk ut #Frisk undertale #papyrus undertale #papyrus ut

[cardboardhydrate-sentry-station]

Undertale's main characters' nationalities based on their names (headcanon)

Papyrus: The Papyrus font was created by Chris Costello, and while I can't find out where he was originally from (possibly America), his last name "Costello" is of Irish origins. So let's say Papyrus is Irish.

Sans: The Comic Sans font was created by Vincent Connare (fun fact: in font form, Papyrus is older than Sans, since the Papyrus font was created in 1982 and the Comic Sans font was at least released in 1994), who is from Massachusetts, and his last name only has roots there. Thus, Sans is American.

Undyne: Her name probably originates from "undine", a category of imaginary, water-associated beings. This originates from the alchemical writings of Paracelsus, who was from Switzerland. Therefore, Undyne is Swiss.

Toriel: The trivia section of the Undertale Fan Wiki page points out that "Toriel" is a similar name to "Turiel", a watcher angel in Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- and it makes sense her name originated from that, since she became the watcher (or caretaker) of the Ruins. Turiel was in the Book of Enoch, an ancient apocalyptic religious text. So we can say Toriel is Israeli.

Asgore: Quoted from the Fan Wiki: "His first name is an anagram of the Latin word "Aegros," which can mean troublesome, anxious, sad, difficult, or reluctant." Asgore definitely ticks at least a few of these boxes in his personality. "Aegros" is an inflection of "aeger", which has origins in the Proto-Indo-European language (which, fun fact, is abbreviated into "PIE". Asgore and Toriel were destined to be together and you cannot change my mind) which, quoted from Wikipedia (I'm too lazy to write this down lmao), "is the lingustic reconstruction of the ancient common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, the most widely spoken language family in the world." So... yeah. Asgore could be from fuckin' anywhere. So I'm just gonna base his origins off his pre-theme song, Bergentrückung, which is translated from German as "King in the Mountain". Asgore is German. This is long. Moving on.

Asriel: No point into looking into his name since it's a blend of Asgore and Toriel. The name is used in Hebrew-speaking countries, apparently, reinforcing the idea that Toriel is Israeli. EDIT: Some tags from @blastlight when they reblogged this post brought up something really interesting about Asriel's name and how it relates to my headcanon on Toriel and Asgore's nationalities even more:

So this could also reinforce the idea that Asgore is German! (In my headcanon, I mean. Lol.)

Mettaton: The fan wiki has three interpretations as to the origin of Mettaton's name, but I like this one best: ""Mettaton" is similar in pronunciation and spelling to "Metatron," the highest angel in Judeo-Islamic lore, also known as the Voice of God and Recording Angel, whose name is transliterated into Greek as MTT. This could be a reference to Shin Megami Tensei's Metatron specifically, as both have metallic appearances, have similar poses, and are very powerful late-game bosses." It all connects pretty well, and because Judeo-Islam could be the religion of some people in Greece, Mettaton could be Greek, too.

Alphys: Only thing I could find about her name was the Wiki Fan page saying it's an anagram of "Shy Pal" -- or that her name could be derived from the word "alpha" (leader), which could allude to her role as the Royal Scientist. Honestly, it feels like a rather weak idea, but it's the best we've got, so since the word "alpha" has Greek origins, I guess Alphys is Greek???? Maybe????

Frisk: The word "frisk" originated from 15th century English, so I guess it's an English name in a way? So Frisk could be from any of the English-speaking countries in the world, essentially. Idk. I'm putting my vaguest guesses last.

Chara: Obviously, Chara is probably short for "character". According to a website I found -- "Behind the Name" -- however, it is a Greek name meaning "happiness, joy" (could connote with their smile which contrasts Frisk's neutral face). So Chara is probably ALSO Greek.

#retorta opens 3 tabs on her phone and calls it research #undertale #headcanon #papyrus #sans #undyne #toriel #asgore #asriel #alphys #mettaton #frisk #chara #idk why i did this. i'm shit at researching stuff lmao

[hikari-ni-naritai]

Amaryllis, Arum-Lily, Aster, Aubrieta, Basket of gold, Begonia (thot), Bellflower, Black-eyed Susan, Bluemink, Blazing stars, Chives, Cock's comb, Common boneset, Dahlia, Daisy, False goat's beard, Garden cosmos, Glory-of-the-snow, Heliotropium, Hellebore, Hoary stock, Hydrangea, Lantanas, Lavender, Lily of the Nile, Prairie gentian, Snapdragon, Sunflower, Sweet pea, Tickseed, Vervain, Yarrow (because clearly I have no idea), Zinnia

Amaryllis: Birthday?

march 2

Arum-Lily: What’s the farthest you’d go for a stranger?

3rd base. nah actually i ahve no idea. i dont usually think about whether or not something’s too much of a hassle to do. if i can do it, i usually will. i gave a stranger 20 bucks so they wouldnt talk to me any more.

Aster: What’s one of your favorite quotes?

“[Tharja] is . . . the poor man’s waifu.” ~abe lincoln

Aubrieta: Favorite drink?

woter

Basket of Gold: Describe your family.

a hyper-religious military family feat. one son and one disgrace

Begonia: Favorite color?

sky blue

Bellflower: Favorite animal?

c a t !!!!

Black-Eyed Susan: If you could be any animal for a day, what would it be?

see above

Bluemink: What are your thoughts on children?

each sentence is a separate thought unrelated to the others. dont take children on vacations they wont be able to remember. extremely too loud. do not want any of them.

Blazing Stars: What are you afraid of? Is there a reason why?

pain (yes, it hurts) the dark (i cant prove nothings out there) stinkbugs (no reasonable reason) being noticed (necessarily invokes a level of vulnerability i dont want)

Chives: Who was the last person you hugged?  

my dad when he dropped me off at the airport like 10 hours ago

Cock’s Comb: Favorite font?

papyrus. no god i dont actually have a favorite font.

Common Boneset: What are you looking forward to?

hhhhhhhhhhh nothing? im looking forward to getting littorio in kancolle but that might not happen bc its rng drop with like 1.2% chance

Dahlia: Have you done anything worth remembering?

i dont know what that really means. ive seen a lot of things id like to remember

Daisy: What do you feel is your greatest accomplishment?

i dunno, i think surviving a solo trip to london is a pretty big thing for someone like me. 

False Goat’s Beard: What is something you are good at?

im good at proofreading but thats about all im really useful for

Garden Cosmos: How was your day today?

a little uncomfortable bc i was in vegas and i had anxiety and then i was in a plane and my legs are too long so i got cramps the whole time, but other than that i had a good time. i saw big cats

Glory-of-the-Snow: What are ten things that make you happy/you’re grateful to have in your life?

is it cheating to just name 10 friends? 

1. friends i guess

2. social media

3. kancolle

4. madoka magica

5. cats

6. cute girls on public transportation

7. redheads with freckles

8. girls generally?

9. sad anime

10. modern medicine

Heliotropium: What helps you calm down when you feel stressed?  

playing piano usually. oh i forgot that one should be on the list too.

Hellebore: How do you show affection?

like a cat. hanging out in the same room quietly, rubbing my face against them, petting. the human ways are making myself even a little bit vulnerable by talking about things seriously and playing a song for them on the piano maybe. stuff like that. i dunno. i dont show a lot of affection outside of relationships so its kinda all geared towards that.

Hoary Stock: What are you proudest of?

im pretty proud of the fact that random people on the internet think i give good advice and seek it out. like obviously im just some chump with a blog who took 2 or 3 psychology classes in college and my advice is probably not helpful, but its nice to be appreciated and used.

Hydrangea: How long have you known your best friend? How did you meet them?

i dont know if i have a best friend or not. probably not.

Lantanas: What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received?

i dunno. i like when people say i have nice eyes. quality eyes. the sort of eyes you’d pluck out and keep on a shelf in a jar to stare at when you get lonely on those long winter nights. nobody’s ever said that much but i assume that’s what theyre going for

Lavender: What’s your favorite thing about yourself?

i like to think im a decent person

Lily of the Nile: What is something you feel guilty for that you shouldn’t feel guilty about?  

liking and watching anime lmao

Prairie Gentian: Who is someone you look up to? Describe them.

i dont really look up to anybody. my ideals are conceptual and nobody lives up to them. the person id like to emulate the most though is amber from highway blossoms, who’s a cute lesbian with an rv who drives through the american southwest with another cute girl. i really enjoyed driving through all those places on vacation and it’d be nice to do it with a cute girl and go camping.

Snapdragon: At this moment, what do you want?  

to look at my desktop background, which is the two girls mentioned above. ill do that. 

that was a good experience. now i want to get littorio

Sunflower: What is something you don’t want to imagine life without?

cats

Sweet Pea: How much sleep did you get last night?

like 6 hours and a bit?

Tickseed: What’s your main reason to get up every morning?

work usually

Vervain: What’s stressing you out most right now?

gender issues 

Yarrow: Do you know what vore is?

god

Zinnia: Give a random fact about yourself.

im way into vore while thats true, the fact i want to give here is that i love rng games and mechanics. theres something about the adrenaline rush u get when you dont know if you’ll win or lose that i really enjoy. not gambling tho. 

#orsull