![]() ![]() ![]() "It was not my intent (for it) to be used for everything," Costello said. I just started scribbling this alphabet while I was at work and it looked pretty cool."Ĭostello said he didn't get rich from the familiar typeface, selling it for $750 and receiving royalty payments he called "very low."Īnd if you're sick of seeing Papyrus, its creator is right there with you. "I was studying the Bible, looking for God and this font came to mind, this idea of, thinking about the biblical times and Egypt and the Middle East. "I designed the font when I was 23 years old," Costello told CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano. In the skit, presented as a fake movie trailer for a film called "Papyrus," Gosling stalks not Costello, but the unnamed graphic designer who chose it for use in the 2009 film "Avatar." It was one of the best things I've seen." "I had a lot of people telling me, 'Did you see the 'SNL' thing?' I took a look at it and me and my wife were like cracking up, I mean we couldn't stop laughing. I forgot about it for years, but then I remembered that ‘Avatar,’. I thought it was behind me, but the dreams came back. "I woke up this morning Sunday and my email was full," Costello said in an interview that streamed Sunday on CBSN. It happened again, Gosling’s unnamed narrator says. Don't be blue: Four 'Avatar' sequels now have release datesīut the skit also earned laughs from a surprising figure - Chris Costello, who designed Papyrus.Brilliant 'SNL' parody invents an Amazon Echo for old people.'SNL' skit mocks 'Avatar' use of Papyrus font.He added, “I had no idea it would be on every computer in the world and used for probably every conceivable design idea. He said it was sold to both Microsoft and Apple, leading the way for it to be a default font on every computer. I just started scribbling this alphabet while I was at work and it kind of looked pretty cool,” Costello said. I was kind of just struggling with some different life issues, I was studying the Bible, looking for God and this font came to mind, this idea of, thinking about the biblical times and Egypt and the Middle East. “I designed the font when I was 23 years old. At the end, the title card appears with the term “papyrus” written in comic sans, a joke on the hatred for the latter font. It was one of the best things I’ve seen,” Costello said.Īlso Read: 'SNL': Ryan Gosling Does One Long 'La La Land' Joke for His Monologue (Video)Ĭostello also went into how he created the font, which was depicted throughout the skit. “I took a look at it and me and my wife were like cracking up, I mean we couldn’t stop laughing. “This man, this professional graphic designer. “He just got away with it,” Gosling’s character narrated. “Like a thoughtless child wandering by a garden yanking leaves along the way.” “Yeah, he just highlighted ‘Avatar,’ he clicked the drop down menu, and then he randomly selected Papyrus,” Gosling said in the skit. Over the course of the video, Gosling becomes more and more preoccupied with the apparent “laziness” of using a basic font as a movie title.Īlso Read: 'SNL': Ryan Gosling Just Can't Handle the 'Avatar' Logo Font (Video) Ryan Gosling Uncovers a Vast Avatar Conspiracy on Saturday Night Live By Tolly Wright TollyW Ryan Gosling connects all the dots, and the slants of the letters, to uncover one of the greatest. “It was not my intent to be used for everything - it’s way overused,” font creator Chris Costello said on CBS News Sunday.Ĭostello said he got inundated with emails after the skit, which showed Gosling obsessing over how the film “Avatar” just used the Papyrus font for its logo, aired Saturday night. After Ryan Gosling and “Saturday Night Live” decided to take the Papyrus font to task this weekend, the creator is speaking out. ![]()
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