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AI-generated posters don’t have to be horrible

1902 points · 962 comments · ereiamjh

  1. JSR_FDED · · focus · HN ↗
    It’s not complicated - the default style signals low effort. Why should I get excited about the village fete if the organizers put in the barest minimum of effort?

    But there’s another reason it drives people crazy - it’s low effort trying to present as high effort. If the sign was simple Comic Sans then it would at least be charmingly honest.

    1. duckmysick · · focus · HN ↗
      There were lots of tumblr blogs (now defunct) that ridiculed Comic Sans used in signs and posters. Later on the same thing happened to the Lobster font.

      Reasons were the same as now: low effort and overuse.

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