Pizza

I thought I could count on Pizza Hut, really. Pizza Hut would never let me down. Right?

Not so fast.

Pizza Hut has this new pizza thing called Pizza Mia, which is a medium 1-topping pizza with less crust and fewer toppings, but if you get 3 or more of them they are only 5 bucks each. Anyway, upon seeing their commercial, I noticed there was a hint of Papyrus on the commercial at the end. Kind of subtle, but defintely there.

Well, considering I typically hang out with a group of four or five hungry guys, we actually decided to order the Pizza Mia special. (Who says advertising doesn't work?) Eight pizzas later, I have all the papyrus documentation I need to make sure those Pizza Hut graphic designers won't be able to find a job anywhere in the country.






BUUUUTTTTTTTT wait. As if that's not enough, imagine if somehow Pizza Hut could use even more Papyrus than just their Pizza Mia offshoot. Impossible you say? Think again. Upon entering their store, I noticed they had a poster for another Pizza (not even a Pizza Mia thing) and guess what the dominant typeface is? How did you know...


What's next? The Pizza Hut logo in Papyrus? Someone needs to do something about these designers!

Nothing Too Groundbreaking

You guys have probably all seen this before, but no blog about Papyrus would be complete without Arizona Tea. This beverage company has used papyrus for some time, maybe before the huge surge I've noticed as of late. They kind of pull it off I guess, but it still makes me a little queasy. I wonder if this is the preferred drink of church secretaries and writers of Christmas letters throughout the nation.


(side note: I think Arizona's newer or non-green teas have strayed away from the use of Papyrus, much to the relief of Designers and chagrin of church secretaries everywhere.)

Some Random Sightings

I actually went back to that restaurant I wrote about on Christmas. Here is a picture from their menu. (It was low-light and I was using a cell phone so it's blurry, but take my word for it, that's papyrus). Anyway, everything else about that restaurant is cool, hip, and popular. (How interesting)

This was actually spotted in Thorne Printing, right across from NNU. I don't know how comfortable I would be hiring these guys for "design," if they use papyrus to try to class up an already fairly questionable brochure. It looks like they specialize in weddings, so if you're getting married...

on a serious note

So, my dear friend Stephen Michael Bartlett brings this logo to my attention the other day, right? It's on an ad. for a charity that provides money to faith-based orphanages around the world. (I think) He claims that this is a nice use of Papyrus. It's not too overwhelming, the "imperfection" of the letters fits with the feel of the rest of the logo, and thankfully they used all caps. I don't know if I'm completely convinced but I don't want to be the one to bash a fairly nice logo of a company that does good Christian work. But just keep in mind that you should always be extremely careful using Papyrus, and just because this logo doesn't look like a complete disaster, it doesn't mean there isn't a better typeface out there for this.

Love Is In The Air

And what better way to celebrate it than with a beautiful candle featuring romantic asian lettering of some sort coupled with an even more beautiful and appropriate poem... in Papyrus of course. If you're a designer taking notes, add "romance/love" to your list of things that the typeface Papyrus conveys effortlessly.



Thanks to Claire Cork for sharing this little keepsake with me. If anyone else finds something worth documenting in the Papyrus Files, send it to me in an email to prjohnson@nnu.edu.

"This terrific sculpted candle was the first wedding gift we opened. Sorry it's kind of out of focus. I only hope that one day when you get married you get something as beautiful as this. That sits in our closet." - Claire C.

Enough said.