Defend the Indefensible: Comic Sans Serif

-- Jerry the Nipper (jerrythenippe...), August 9th, 2005 1:30 AM.:

"There was a need for these ‘fun’ fonts at Microsoft at the time."
http://www.connare.com/creative.GIF

I read this as GIGLI

Isn't Treefrog just "Ralph Steadman wrote this"? NB I have never heard of any of these before, I'm just going on what I see on http://www.identifont.com

Ironically(?), I have only seen Algerian used in Kebab shops.

Despite these more recent type atrocities my deepest and longest hatred is still reserved for Zapf Chancery.

?? What's so bad about it?

http://www.identifont.com/samples/adobe/ZapfChancery.gif

(Comic, Times, Garamond, etc., are typefaces; a font is traditionally the set of characters in a given typeface at a given size and weight/style--so Palatino is a typeface and Palatino 10 bold, or whatever, is a font.)

I guess the answer to my question is "no."

It's kinda why I stayed in radio.

?? What's so bad about it?

Out of the old Mac system fonts it was sort of the default "classy" font and it was inappropriately overused in the same way that comic sans is now. You have to picture it printed by a dot matrix printer for the full effect.

I just had a student come in to the library asking questions about using apa format in research papers, so I asked to look at the paper they were writing and it was in comic sans serif. I stood there in disbelief for a minute or two, I'm lucky I didn't have a psychotic break with reality.

Tiresias and Arial Narrow for everyone else.

http://www.earlyblues.com/essay_one_story.htm

i can't read that.

http://m.assetbar.com/achewood/autaux?b=M%5ea11f09b8576e606bcb5038dfdb92fb821&u=http%3A%2F%2Fachewood.com%2Fcomic.php%3Fdate%3D07052007

I don't share the Comic Sans hate.

after all, there are far worse fonts around. Do you ever bring up the dropdwon list on Word and think "why on earth did they include those? Can I think of a reason for EVER EVER using at least half of these gross fonts??? Answer: No!"

Bahaus 93, Bernard MT Condensed, Broadway, Forte, Rcokwell Condensed - I'm talkin' 'bout YOU!

Antique Olive looks ok, but what a gross name! I was looking for spare change down the back of my sofa and I found....

waiting for the iPone-inspired Marker Felt hate

I don't get the hatred either. :-(

If you have to ask...

No, no, Kenan, keep your clothes on.

Oh wait... you're talking about something else.

har har

I remember in an early Dilbert strip the Pointy Haired Boss urged his staff to use sans-serif fonts in faxes coz they go through the fax machine quicker and don't cost so much to send.

Maybe the use of the word 'comic' was a bit of a faux pas. Rename this font!

Have to say that sans serif fonts look friendlier than serif ones in the same way that lower case looks friendlier than BLOCK CAPITALS. Witness the changes in the health warnings on cigarrette packets. Years ago the warnings were HM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH warnings in BLOCK CAPITALS and something resembling Times New Roman like some elderly relative was telling you the harm of smoking with a wagging finger whereas now the warnings are in lower case sans serif like a friend saying "Hey mate, you do realise the harm those things are doing to you, don't you?"

Yes, but comic sans isn't just friendly, it's Special Olympics friendly.

While moving I found an ancient litmag from the dawn of time back when I was in high school, a huge chunk of the ridiculous poetry contained therein is printed in COMIC SANS.

Rockwell Condensed is OK

Yeah, I was gonna say. It's got nothing on the pitch-perfect MODERNITY! of plain Rockwell, but it's pretty inoffensive and probably useful for certain purposes. Comic Sans is universally awful and a dead giveaway that whatever's written in it isn't worth reading anyway.

we need a 'your litmag shame' thread.

fuck this font

best font evar

i was gonna make a comic sans ilx css why havent i done that yet

change the default to comic sans for one day, just for lols

I would like to congratulate all the comic sans haters for living on the edge and standing up for TELLING OTHER PEOPLE WHAT TO DO LIKE STYOOPID FASSSSSHIST COCK HARVESTERS WHOSE MOST USEFUL MISSION IS PROBABLY TO FUCK THE FUCK OFF AND DIE IN AGONISING AGONY YOU SPUNKBUBBLES

hey guys lets get drunk and hassle people on MS Comic Chat

LADIES AND GENERALMEN, BURT CLUELESS STANDPIPE