Sursly Inc. – Fonts, Photos, & Fine Digital Goods

Hi, a new site/business is gestating and will be here soon. My old one page, horizontal scroller site is available on Github. I also recently created three fonts: Lickety Split, Guilder, and Knewave. Contact me at or call +1 (607) 216-8779.

Unsolicited Design Tip: When Should You Use Papyrus?

December 14, 2008

Never.

And the same could be said for Comic Sans, but someone already made that very clear.

Maybe this comes from living in Ithaca, New York and seeing it everywhere, but the only time I’ve ever seen this font look good it was:
1) Silkscreened and
2) On a T-shirt

And maybe the only reason that it worked was because the one papyrus’d word was: “sursly” and my friend had sent the shirt from the Philippines.

Thx Karen, again.

3 Responses to Unsolicited Design Tip: When Should You Use Papyrus?

  1. Karen (sursly) says:

    forgot I did that! I don’t even think i made myself one.

    (your turn)

    sursly!

  2. Tyler says:

    OK. I’ll come up with something. Might not be as iconic.

    We’ll see.

  3. Jake (pixls) says:

    I agree completely! I always get so upset when I see those fonts used carelessly. Especially on professional products.

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If I'm not parenting or working, I'm probably taking pictures of people. Some of my non-people photography is available to license on Getty Images while many others are available with a Creative Commons license on Flickr.

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Blackout ∞

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Lickety Split ∞

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Ostrich Sans ∞

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Guilder ∞

An elegant condensed typeface in several styles (and featured as headings in this current site design).

Dribbble ∞

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A Little Background

I specialize in web, logo and font design (& brand development) in Ithaca, New York. I have freelanced since 2003, when I received a BFA in Film, Photography, and Visual Arts. I spent over one year as a designer for Sharktooth Creative (lots of Flash and print design), then nearly three years with the wonderful AWP, a year and a half as a designer at Ithaca College, and a year with Singlebrook. I take photos of interesting people and places.

I've raised a healthy son. We have fun. I make music. I run races. I take little vacations. I survived a month long trip to India. And I recently began eating meat again for the first time in 6 years.