You might be a hardcore graphic designer if…

1. You’ve ever had a fender bender because you were analyzing a font on a billboard.

2. You find yourself wanting to hit “Apple Z” when you mess up in real life.

3. You consider meals to be inconveniences.

4. You wake up in the middle of the night with logo ideas.

5. You have more fonts than you do songs in your iTunes account.

6. You’ve learned not to use the word “final” in any file name when saving.

7. You keep your monitor cleaning cloth on your desk at all times.

8. You dream in CMYK and RGB.

9. If you have to politely explain one more time why you can’t blow up your client’s 14 KB gif file to fit on an 11×14 poster…

10. You and your colleagues went out to celebrate when Adobe acquired Macromedia.

11. You recognize istock photo models featured in ad campaigns and other printed material.

12. You’ve actually paid money for a font.

13. You’ve featured an early version of a design project in your portfolio (you know, the one before your client made their change requests).

14. You can’t eat at a restaurant without critiquing the menu design.

15. You know who Paul Rand is and he is your hero.

16. You use words for Papyrus and Comic Sans that normal people reserve for serial killers and animal abusers.

17. You know more than 10 color codes by heart (OF COURSE #9a4b0c is burnt orange!)