All you need is Papyrus

Happy Valentine's Day, Papyrus Watchers! This card was found at Barnes & Noble. On this Valentine's Day, Papyrus will make an impenetrable perimeter around your heart. Before long you will have no choice but to LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Papyrus!

Red Otter

Look at that thing. Just look at that cute little otter sticking his face out of the letter 'O'. I've got to admit, I've got a soft spot for otters. So of course, when I saw this logo for Red Otter, I loved it immediately. I noticed they did some distortion to the letter 'O' to make the otter fit inside. At first I thought that they had only smooshed it down a little, but then I noticed it looks like they actually pulled the bottom right corner down a little. Maybe they copied the left side and rotated it around? That's kinda what it looks like. Here's an example. On the left is a regular 'O', in the middle is theirs and on the right is a smooshed 'O'. Can you see the differences?

Overall Rating: A (for Aquatic lifestyle)

The Edge

Livin' on the edge with Papyrus! This fine example of Papyrus comes all the way from Baltimore, MD! If you're astute, you may notice the hint of a green drop shadow to give the feeling that the words are teetering above the page slightly. Better not go too far, or you may fall off... The Edge!
Overall Rating: B (for Bamboo)

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Papyrus in Australia

I just got this excellent collection of Papyrus sightings from Australia.



Hi Papyrus Watchers!

I seem to keep bumping into Papyrus everywhere I walk here in Australia. Here are 4 more sightings, one from the back of a car belonging to some kind of IT / communications business, one in the window of a flower shop, a "naturally good" one on the packaging of some banana chips, and finally as a heading on a high tea invitation.

Regards,

Matt
Australia

AVATAR

I put off adding this movie until I saw it for myself. I can say from first hand experience, Avatar has enough Papyrus to turn you blue in the face. The Logo, the subtitles and just about everything else are all done in Papyrus. I want to know why they would spend millions of dollars to make some of the most amazing visual effects, but then go with an overused font like Papyrus.

Silk Road

Methinks we have a new contender for the title of "Most Photoshop Effects", which is currently held by
"Fishes of Georgia". And, as Thom Yorke might say, those are some weird fishes.

But here we have a new submission, found in "The Compleat Strategist" gamestore in New York. I think if you added another Photoshop effect to the title block of Silk Road, that might just be the straw that broke the camel's back. Get it? Camel!?

Let's do a head-to-head matchup of photoshop effects, Fishes of Georgia (FoG) vs. Silk Road (SR)









Inner Bevel: SR has a nice inner bevel going on here, but FoG has it cranked to the max.
Winner: Fishes of Georgia

Outer Glow: They're both about the same, but the outer glow on FoG seems a little bit softer. The hard edge of the glow on SR looks intense.
Winner: Silk Road

Drop Shadow: FoG has a solid drop shadow, with nice distance, making it feel like the text is floating above the fish, or perhaps swimming by it. However, what the drop shadow on SR lacks in distance, it makes up for in blur and intensity. That thing is X-treme.
Winner: Silk Road

There it is ladeez and hipsters, the new winner of "Most Photoshop Effects" is...
SILK ROAD!

Thanks for the submission!

Overall rating: A (For Asian-European Trade Routes)