Shoot The Serif Aims To Engage Interest Of Typography Sheriffs And Deputies
May 19, 2012
First came the Bob Marley song, and then came the typography-related pun. But have you come across the iPhone game that takes the joke quite literally?
Shoot the Serif by London-based creative studio To The Point is a game that both designers and non-designers can enjoy. Similar in slant to Helvetica vs. Arial, Shoot the Serif has you shooting letters with serifs while sparing the sans-serif ones. In the off chance that you're not familiar with the definition of a serif, it's simply the slight extension of a stroke of a letter rendered in a serif typeface such as the widely used Times New Roman.
Recently updated to improve its stability on iPhone 4S, Shoot the Serif has three difficulty levels: junior, middle-weight, and senior. Each level contains five stages and has its corresponding time limit and error margin. You get promoted to the next level upon finishing all stages in a level, except, of course, for the last level. In the senior level, you effectively beat the game as soon as you conquer all five stages. I should remind you, though, that doing so doesn't make you a bona fide designer — unless you already are, that is.
Featuring different serif and sans-serif typefaces, Shoot the Serif is available for free in the App Store. If you somehow happen to be having trouble remembering the game's basic rule, singing it is bound to do the trick: "I shot the serif … but I did not shoot the sans-serif."
Via: DesignTAXI