leopard88 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 This is an interesting (and brief) article. Apparently, Comic Sans is easier to read for people with dyslexia because it has few repeating and/or mirrored shapes. Read This Before You Ever Make Fun of Comic Sans Again Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan33 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Still looks awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Six Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Never got why it's so hated in the first place. Alright, it's not the most professional-looking font, but so what? There are tons of fonts and it doesn't look any worse than most of them. It's just something people jump on because it's the cool thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTConcepts Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 41 minutes ago, The Six said: Never got why it's so hated in the first place. Alright, it's not the most professional-looking font, but so what? There are tons of fonts and it doesn't look any worse than most of them. It's just something people jump on because it's the cool thing to do. My opinion exactly. It sure as hell isn't my favorite font, (Circular Std is) but it doesn't deserve the hate it gets. "You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Billy Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 I believe "the hate" comes the numerous misapplications of so-called "professional" enterprises using a very "non-professional" appearing font. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-ROY Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 As if being dyslexic wasn't hard enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinturner95 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 My mom is a kindergarten teacher and it bugs me how much she uses Comic Sans, but she says that it actually helps the kids learn the alphabet and they can trace it easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaline97 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 6 hours ago, bkknight95 said: My mom is a kindergarten teacher and it bugs me how much she uses Comic Sans, but she says that it actually helps the kids learn the alphabet and they can trace it easier. I feel like a kindergarten classroom is one of very few places where comic sans is actually appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan33 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 People don't jump on it because it's the "cool thing to do." They jump on it because it looks truly awful. There a tons of "unprofessional" looking fonts that are a huge step up from Comic Sans. I hate group think as much as the next person but this is one case where it's completely justified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I personally love Comic Sans because its so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackMan Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I've seen it on a sign for my local chamber of commerce. Weird place for Comic Sans if I do say so myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 9 hours ago, Morgo said: People don't jump on it because it's the "cool thing to do." They jump on it because it looks truly awful. There a tons of "unprofessional" looking fonts that are a huge step up from Comic Sans. I hate group think as much as the next person but this is one case where it's completely justified. I think it's justified, but it also became a movement that for whatever reason caught on with comic sans and not with other fonts. Non-design people know that's the font they're not supposed to like when yes there are much worse fonts*. I want to say it was around the time Dan Gilbert used it in his letter after Lebron left Cleveland. *my personal hated fonts are Impact, Papyrus, Courier, Algerian, Brush Script, Bankgothic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 21 hours ago, McCarthy said: my personal hated fonts are Impact, Papyrus, Courier, Algerian, Brush Script, Bankgothic Are you saying Courier as opposed to Courier New? If you are lumping them together, that strikes me as strange. It's hard to imagine anyone including the standard equal-width typewriter font on his/her most hated list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnPheitseog Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Anything besides Times New Roman bugs me. That's the only font I'll accept on papers and the like, haha. Formerly known as DiePerske Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Billy Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Some dude got "Ryan Reynolds" tattooed on his ass in alternating red and black letters all in comic sans. I fear for our future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 On Wed Apr 19 2017 at 11:26 AM, DiePerske said: Anything besides Times New Roman bugs me. That's the only font I'll accept on papers and the like, haha. I remember that my school's Macintosh had Palatino and no Times New Roman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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