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Ikea designed its own Soffa font
- imedadel 7y agoBTW, Soffa is the etymological pronunciation of English Sofa, from Arabic "ṣuffa".
- yxhuvud 7y agoIt also literally is the word for sofa, in Swedish.
- benj111 7y agoAny context? Why is it in with a load of sofas without explanation??? Edit: This has a bit more info. Apparently its a meme which of course everyone knew but me :) https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/7/1/20677211/ikea-soffa-sans-font-vallentuna-planner-sofa-couches https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/7/1/20677211/ikea-soffa-s...
- gumby 7y agoNot just you, so thanks for the informative post.
- whalesalad 7y agoIs anyone else even more excited about the fact that Ikea finally redid their circa-2001 Microsoft Frontpage-styled Verdana website and it finally feels relaxing to browse their catalog online.
- doersino 7y agoIKEA's use of Verdana everywhere began in 2009 – they used Futura before then (for their catalogue and in-store signage, anyway): http://idsgn.org/posts/ikea-says-goodbye-to-futura/ http://idsgn.org/posts/ikea-says-goodbye-to-futura/
- zoom6628 7y agoI like the meme but my experience in their stores is the meandering aisles with no long clear line of sight makes me think they are a fire trap. Honestly the IKEA stores in Asia i have been in are scary, and that is even at the non-crowded times of the week. I refuse to go in now except one store in which I feel safe at off-peak times. The rest feel like fire traps, designed to 'engage' the buyer with as many products for as long as possible in hope you buy a shit load of stuff you have no intention of using.
- RandomBacon 7y agoAs a teenager going into a US IKEA store for the first time, I felt completely lost. As an adult going into the same store for a second time 15 years later, it's not that bad. I feel like if there was a fire, a lot of children would die due to being lost inside the store. They are easily seperated from their parents inside the store, especially when it is busy. I too would not take children there unless it is the least-busy time with the fewest number of customers. (As an adult, I would probably be okay, but I might delay my egress to help others which could ultimately get me killed.)
- juandazapata 7y agoThere are safety regulations that those stores must comply with in order to operate. They include fire alarms, emergency exits, fire sprinkler systems, and a long etc.
- RandomBacon 7y agoI'm aware. I was even aware of that as a teenager when I felt like it was extremely easy to get lost in the store. I'm also aware I have a better chance of winning the lottery than getting caught in an IKEA fire. Hopefully there will never be an IKEA fire during a busy time, and we'll never know if those regulations magically made it easier to exit the extremely-confusing (especially to a child that is seperated from parents during confusion) layout. Are you a trained firefighter? I was. Children will hide in the darnest places during a fire instead of escaping. IKEA is full of places for children to hide. Almost makes me wish I could have played hide-and-seek there as a child.
- kalleboo 7y agoWhat seems most interesting about this to me is that it's a color font instead of just key. This is first color font I've installed on my computer instead of just previewing a webfont. Color fonts have an "interesting" compatibility story https://www.colorfonts.wtf https://www.colorfonts.wtf (edit: it looks like this is an OpenType-SVG font, so it works anywhere except Google, since Google is the new IE)
- gumby 7y agoReally cool but you have to do the ligatures and kerning yourself. They do provide a tool you can use to do that.
- mproud 7y agoThey should have designed their own font (professional commission) instead of using Verdana.
- tdhoot 7y agoThe font reminds me of Habbo Hotel.