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fontist

fon.tist. /fänt-təst/ Noun, can be used as a proper noun.

Not to be confused with the font designer, a fontist is the person who selects the font type in a graphic design project, such as movie credits, brand awareness, subtitles, menus in a video game, etc. A fontist can also be a font designer, but a fontist only selects the font, while the designer creates.
The fontist must ensure that these particular fonts are in line with the graphic designer’s art style of this particular project, must keep in mind that translations still must follow form, and must believe in the particular underlying emotion that this font is trying to portray.
Shadow thinks that the fontist for this movie, did not watch the movie, because it doesn’t match anything else in it.

Mazer believes that the master fontist should be called, “fontist (frenchgibberish)” and the gibberish may be interchangeable, as long as it sounds legitimate.

The fontist for this guidebook was really on point! It really invokes a feeling of nostalgia!
by RackhamsMist March 12, 2021
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Fontist

Someone who judges someone or something by the use of their terrible font choice
Rhaad is a dumb slut and used comic sans to write his essay. I judge him because I am a fontist
by This_is_a_a_ron November 27, 2021
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