14 DAY TRIAL // Geocities is gone, MySpace is cleaning up its act, a bit too late, with a revamped look, but don’t think you’re safe just yet. Ghastly fonts and cheesy colors will forever be a part of the web, at least if Yahoo gets its way. Bored with your plain old, black-and-white, legible emails? Now you can spice them up a little, or a lot, with the latest My Cool Fonts application for Yahoo Mail.
As the name implies, the app allows users to create really cool emails by choosing from a number of playful fonts and all the colors of the rainbow. Just a simple rainbow, mind you. To get access to the new feature all you have to do is go to the Applications menu and select the My Cool Fonts app.
“Just remembered it was your friend’s birthday? Want to let someone know how much you miss them? How about making the invite for your upcoming party a bit more memorable? Or even better, why not send a funky message to your friends just for fun?,” Yahoo lists just some of the practical applications of the new app.
“With My Cool Fonts you can always find a font that suits your mood and gives your email messages a personal touch. Your personalized emails will not only stand out in a crowded inbox, but they will also surprise your friends and even put a smile on their faces,” Yahoo explains.
Say, for example, you want to send out a memo to your employees alerting them to the company’s less than stellar performance and maybe even some ‘downsizing.’ Doing it the old-fashioned way, using a standard size 12 Times New Roman font, is sure to bring everyone down and moral is probably pretty low already. What you need is a font that brings a smile to their faces and makes them forget all about their impending bills and lowered salaries.
The app is not available everywhere just yet, Yahoo is starting with 11 countries, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, and the UK. If you don’t live in one of those countries, don’t fret, the feature may be rolled out in other places as well, at some point.