Ford would have found them fascinating if he'd come across them while dimension hopping.
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Taking a look at the copyright info in the Brazilian Portuguese version, I found the original font used for Ford's handwriting in the Gravity Falls Journal 3:
Norwich, designed by Nicholas Garner and published by AVP.
Comparison made with a demo of the font for demonstration purposes only, the full commercial license costs $29.
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So, how rare ARE Ford's extra fingers, anyway?
I'm not gonna lie, at first I was skeptical of Ford's claims that the Weirdness Magnetism had an effect on him. Like, yeah, the whole having six fingers thing isn't exactly common, but it's a naturally-occurring event. Stan describes it as a birth defect, and there doesn't seem to be a noticeably great number of people with those in Gravity Falls. It wouldn't be all that farfetched for Ford to think he was just Built Different, for like, at least 7 reasons, but then you start actually thinking about it.
Polydactyly isn't exactly common. Approximately 1 in 1,000 babies are born with some form of polydactyly. While it's true that postaxial polydactyly (extra digit is past the pinkie) is the most common form, which is shown to be the kind Ford has in the x-ray at the beginning of AToTS, there are several other extreme circumstances.
Extra digits in polydactyly aren't usually found on all limbs. It can occur on hands and feet (and Alex has confirmed that Ford does, indeed, have six toes on both feet) but rarely does it occur on both feet, or both hands, much less both hands and both feet. And even when it does occur more than once on one person, the extra digits aren't usually fully-formed. Oftentimes they don't even have bones. When they do have bones, they're usually much smaller, or barely opposable (if they have joints at all). When they're big enough to be maneuverable, they usually interfere with the structure of the hands/feet in negative ways. All this means that an extra finger or toe which doesn't direly require a surgery to remove the extra digit within the first year or two of life is incredibly uncommon.
And let's remember: that's just for one extra digit. Ford has four.
For Ford to have fully functional polydactyly on both hands and both feet, to the point where it's basically impossible to tell which one is finger x without x-rays... the odds of that are astronomically unlikely. Never-before-recorded, one in a kazillion, borderline medically unfathomable sort of rare.
I think I do believe the Weirdness Magnetism could've affected Ford, actually.
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Journal 3 🌲🌈
This was what I made my twin for his birthday. I didn’t know what to make him as usually he ask for a curtain thing and my default for him is gravity falls as he love the show. I send him wonder twins gifs and he demanded gravity falls gifs instead
I feel like it very Mabel of me to make this especially in 2 days
I know the binding is a bit off on the back but I really didn’t want to re do the whole thing as I didn’t know how long it would have taken and it hand made so it adds character
I literally pulled out all the notebooks and sketchbooks and took pages out of all of them to make this. It have different paper of different weights, even watercolor paper and I added a think broad so he could pain in the book. I added a pocket for tracing paper and a rebinded a line page booklet so it matches
And if you were wondering this was the wrapping paper I used haha
[ID: a 3D prop of the Gravity falls 3rd Journal . The inside is a sketchbook. With the ribbon and tassels. The last picture the book wrapped in butterflies paperID]
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Question Quails????
Is this too niche? Do other people not think about the question quails on a monthly basis?
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With today being the 10th anniversary of Gravity Falls airing, I just want to take a second and post a bit of the last page from Journal 3.
"And that brings us to you, dear reader. If you are holding this book in your hands, you hold something more than a record of the curious happenings of a town called Gravity Falls. You hold a record of one man's folly and the kindness of a family that saved him from himself. It's never too late to learn that growing old doesn't have to mean growing up.
Stay curious, stay weird, stay kind, and don't let anyone ever tell you you aren't smart or brave or worthy enough. If you have come on these adventures with us, then you are an honorary member of the Pines family, and your adventure starts today.
And if anyone ever gets in your way - well, we have an entire section on curses. Have at it.
For the last time, unless we meet in some distant world, this is Standord Pines, signing off."
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Something I feel goes underappreciated and not talked about nearly enough is Ford's amazing art skills. Not only did he write about the creatures and anomalies he found, he also sketched a lot of them.
Like, look at them! Why does nobody talk about this?
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Found this weird book in the woods might read it aloud or something.
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disney really let them put a Hellraiser reference in the journal but didn't let them say spin the bottle :/
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At this point I had almost completely given up hope of ever being able to do that.
Finally an honorary member of the Pines family!
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I just got Journal 3 in the mail today. I'm not too far in, but holy HECK why does the way Ford writes this thing hit so weirdly close to home? Like it's bone-chillingly similar to the way I write in journals sometimes. Like it's supposed to be read by someone, even though it's very clearly strictly personal. All the little quirks and oddities, not specifically addressing anyone, and not even really talking as though anyone is there. Almost like talking to yourself. But not, because you're recording it. Because it's a bit less depressing and lonely when your journal is the only one to hear your thoughts if you pretend someone is going to read it. That's the vibes I'm getting, anyway. And heck if it doesn't hurt.
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