Gabi: *not knowing Papyrus was a thing before the font* Me: *clicks on video thinking Gabi is about to do a video defending early paper making methods*

only Gabi could make an interesting and funny 15 minute video about a font

Hating Papyrus used to be the cool indie version of hating Comic Sans, but it's gone totally mainstream recently

Papyrus is a font that radiates the energy of the ancient Egypt section of a history museums website from the mid 1990s that hasn’t been updated since 1999 that your teacher makes you use as a source for your high school research project as a scientific source

Ok true story: I go to church with the guy who invented the Papyrus font. He's actually a really nice guy.

Finally Sans' brother is getting some respect

It should be noted that Papyrus originally did not have lower case letters. Those were added later which is why they don't seem to quite fit in You should do a video on wingdings. I remember playing around with as a teen on my parent's computer. I never figured out what it was good for

i’ve always liked papyrus, but i think it was mostly because i was born in 95 and when i used computers in elementary/middle school it was the only non-boring font i could use that i could still read clearly. it’s still my go-to for chapter titles 😭

Confession: as a kid, Papyrus was my favorite font. I used it for EVERYTHING. I was actually surprised when I grew up and found out other people hated it.

Bonetrousle goes hard and his fight mechanics are really fun, don't know why anyone would be against Papyrus tbh

both the fonts comic sans and papyrus were mentioned in this video this fills you with determination

i'm loving gabi's slow creep into being an official History channel show, eventually they will have no choice but to include her as part of the canon

I’m loving how gabi’s content is leaning away from commentary and more towards “I’m sick of this Wikipedia rabbit hole and I’d rather a funny person just explain it to me”. Funny videos explaining shit that doesn’t matter is my jam!!!!

gabi’s videos are like those presentation parties but only the friend who is good at it is presenting

I liked Gabi and her videos since I first saw her, but she's really hit her stride, the writing and editing and alternate camera angles are rich with comedy and information at the same time. Excited to watch you succeed Gabi!

I genuinely LOVE those new presentation style videos Gabi's been doing a lot of recently. They're always hilarious and leave room for a lot of creativity. Keep em up

Papyrus is such an underrated character, tbh

The reason Papyrus is everywhere is because it's free, and compared to the other fonts you get free on your computer, it's one of the more unique ones. And also it's free.

I found out why I love this channel. This is basically Noah Samsen without the bisexual lighting and engagement with explicitly political topics. Seriously, everything from the editing, comedic style, and memes are like exactly the same. And I think that's cool.

hey gabi this is video is really cool! thanks! i love this font, it reminds me of all the signs in my small semi rural town that's full of funky buildings stuck in the late 80s. its truly comforting

I kind of wish this had been a collab w CaseyAonso. Shes so unreasonably passionate about fonts this would have been an immaculate cross over

can we appreciate gabi for breathing bc so many ppl stop every day

Your intro was pretty fun XD. Love you, keep doing what this amazing videos.

This is perfect!!!! Im teaching my 7th grade students about proper presentation skills. This is a perfect example of how good presentation delivery can really make a difference.

Everyone was thinking about Undertale while my ancient brain was thinking of paper

Toby Fox has done so much to make both Comic Sans and Papyrus good again

PREACH GABI!!! I'm a graphic designer and typography nerd and I greatly appreciated this video! Yes, the only things that make a font bad, that is badly designed, are a lack of consistency in style and a lack of functionality which largely comes down to issues with spacing. Huge kudos to Gabi for actually giving the correct definition of kerning! I feel like there are a number of people with graphic design degrees who think that kerning is the space between all letters, which is incorrect, tracking is the space between all letters. Kerning is the space between pairs of letter as Gabi correctly stated. I didn't know that Papyrus was originally bought by Letraset but that makes total sense. Letraset was a company that made these sheets of transfers that would have all the characters of a font in various sizes that were used by graphic designers to do mock-ups in the days before computers. You would use a burnishing tool and go over whatever letter you wanted to use and the letter would transfer onto your art, kinda like using tracing paper. Because Letraset was used so much in advertising and poster graphics there were lots of decorative fonts available as Letraset transfers, and it makes complete sense that Papyrus was one of them. The thing the designer never would have anticipated was that this decorative font that was meant to evoke something very specific would be given to the masses to be used for any random thing. My frustration with the hate towards Papyrus is exactly what Gabi explained, that it has appropriate uses and in the right context is perfectly fine, but it shouldn't be used for everything bc it has a very specific look. I love the designs on the Arizona Iced Tea cans, Papyrus is totally appropriate there, and I see nothing wrong with any vaguely mediterranean restaurant using Papyrus, that is what it was meant for! But it was designed for a different era. Nowadays a lot of decorative fonts have tons of alternate characters, come with border elements and cool symbols and dingbats and really give the user the ability to create logo designs with the font elements alone. Papyrus is decorative font that is very of its time and feels one-dimensional compared to what newer fonts can do, but it was well designed and doesn't deserved to be loathed (and judged) by so many... (especially bc so many of its most vocal opponents don't know jack shit about typography and use fonts that actually are badly designed (i.e. free fonts from dafont) without even realizing it....bc they don't understand that consistency and spacing are what make font design extremely difficult and Papyrus was actually designed by a pro)

I love the history of fonts. So I actually found this video quite iinteresting. 😂 Thank you, Gabi!

this video truly touched my heart in a way only a 15 minute video about papyrus could

Hey Gabi, this video is really cool! Thanks! I love when creators include chapters for my viewing benefit!

This is the content I want to see!! These recent videos have been SO GOOD! Another ancient aliens pleaseeeee

I write user interfaces. I have used papyrus to quickly debug what text is using in-line font settings and which is using the system font by changing the entire app to papyrus at the system level. When everything is papyrus, it's very easy to pick out something still in a normal font.

The paper? The font? The character? Doesn’t matter they are all awesome.

"Is the font consistent?" Yes, I get a stroke just looking at it every time.

this is exactly the kind of content we've come to expect and love from you gabi

hey gabi, this video is really cool! thanks! next you should totally do a follow up on the early form of paper

Thank you gabi. I just realised that the restaurant logo design that my parents made for their restaurant uses the papyrus font and now I don’t know what to feel about it And I cannot un-know this knowledge.

Can you please do a video about why windings exists? (I absolutely love it. It's wonderful.)

i have absolutely no idea where this came from but when i was in middle school, we weren’t allowed to print anything with the papyrus font because we were told that it was a virus and would ruin all the printers in the school

Idk. I kind of like it. I think Chris Costello put his whole papyrussy in his font.

hey gabi, this video is really cool! thanks! i love when creators include chapters for my viewing benefit!

the goodnight moon cameo filled my heart. thank you gabi.

hey gabi. this video is really cool! thanks! also love when the pinky blazer comes out. it means it's business time babey

Happy to see Gabi entering her Defunctland era ❤️

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Hi Gabi. This video is really cool! Thanks!

You can make anything sound interesting. That is gold. Thank you.

I’m so glad that I wasn’t the only one who didn’t understand the broken clock analogy. I never once considered that the idea involved the clock not moving anymore.

Hell i didn't even know there was such a controversy over a font Also hey Gabi. This video is really cool!

i love the many thumbnail changes and title changes

So random I'm actually watching this on the 13th of February and shiping of letters actually got me laughing out loud. Love your videos, they always manage to cheer me up and have really helped me when my mental health is getting at me, stop me from spiraling down Thank you

I just want to say that I love when you change from place to place. It feels like I'm watching a TV show and it's switching scene's. I don't know, I just appreciate that😌😅

I've been really enjoying the type of videos you've been doing lately, theyre so much fun and so interesting

I'm one of those graphic design dorks, and I really love this video. It's far from a perfect font, but I never thought Papyrus was a terrible font!

Gabi love the videos, excited to see you blow up. Youll hit a mil within a year and a half im calling it lol! Wishing you the best

10:24 "To my understanding, which is no much" this is going to be my new go to phrase

I remember the feeling of pure joy when I discovered this font for my 6th grade PowerPoint presentation on Mesopotamia. But this was back in the mid 2000s. This font now elicits unadulterated rage, especially when I see it used on flyers or to convey something serious. You have to get the kerning just right or else it’s a headache to read. Truly a cursed font.

This is amazing. Bravo to an interesting video about letters, basically.

hey gabi. this video is really cool! thanks!

I remember as a middle schooler making an “album” and using papyrus as the font for the name. One step away from comic sans in that setting

Gabi is basically if JennyNicholson made short-form content and uploaded regularly.

Hey Gabi. this video is really cool! Thanks!

Papyrus? Now this is the content I come to KZfaq for

Am I the only one who'd never heard of the font and came here expecting a defense of some ancient paper?

Hey Gabi. This video is really cool! Thanks!

I thought Gabi was gonna talk about the paper type and honestly I wouldn't have minded that xD

What I’m doing at 23 is watching a whole breakdown of the origins of a font….crushin it

need more font deep dives like this

Gabi, I never thought you were an old guy... so many dad jokes and throw backs... laughing my ass off.... thanks for being so smart and entertaining

I thought this video was about actual papyrus. As in the paper. Boy was I surprised.

I am laughing so hard😂 Also I was waiting for you to mention Papyrus from Undertale and I am glad you did😂

finally i can give my input on font discourse…. i’ve been waiting. anyways my personal gripe with papyrus is that it’s so cartoony that it’s always instantly recognizable. like when you look at a store name, or title, or menu, if you know exactly what font ur looking at (as a non graphic designer), chances are it’s gonna come off as cheesy. idk maybe i’m just too familiar with fonts but i don’t like being able to tell exactly what font they used without even having to think

aight what did that goofy ahh skeleton do this time

3:44 Before you started talking about letters I genuinely thought this was a niche video about paper

hey gabi. this video is really cool As per the instructions in your "chapters"

I really thought this was gonna be about the paper and was v confused but intrigued by the departure from ur usual content

Gabi explaining the Harry Styles joke in advance out of fear of it being misinterpreted is such a mood lmao

The editing on these videos is so good!!!!!

I love love LOVE this style of content for u

Love your take on this! I'd also recommend Linus Boman's video on the topic for more context from a typography standpoint :)

I’ve seen KZfaqrs struggle to make good content about viral topics. Gabi out here making a deep dive into society’s history of humans before with a font

Love this content! Please do more videos like this!! Love from Belgium 💗🪩✨

3:45 I legitimately thought that this was a video about old types of paper

Gabi's handing out passes like Oprah and I live for it

my dumbass thought she was gonna talk about undertale💀

Hey Gabi, this video is really cool, thanks!

I always forget Papyrus is a font. At first, i thought you were making a video essay about papyrus paper. then 2nd was the papyrus from undertale...

Hey Gabbi, this video is really cool; thanks!

"Auuu yeah baby this shit is rad as hell they did not mistep in making this a font which means absolutely nothing" for anyone that doesn't read wingdings

James explaining how the broken clock analogy worked was the funniest thing

great video! i love ur nintendo stuff too :o

Papyrus has always honestly been one of my favorite fonts lol

I can't think about Comic Sans and Papyrus without thinking about Undertale now, and I'm not mad about it lol

that video is hilarious. every single shot is quirky and funny in it's own way.

Hey Gabi, this video is really cool! Thanks!

As a graphic designer, this font was such a joke between friends during college that I printed an entire copy of my graduation thesis using exclusively papyrus

hey gabi. this video is really cool! thanks! i love when creators include chapters for my viewing benefit!

i was waiting for that silly skeletonto show up. hey gabi. this video is really cool! thanks!

I don’t understand how anyone could hate sans and papyrus, they’re great characters!

Another great video from Gabi, fantastic wit and humor.