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Complaining about Comic Sans is basically a hate meme. It's a silly ritual that many geeks like to engage in that makes them feel superior to the font bourgeois
by ryandvm 16y ago
Complaining about Comic Sans is basically a hate meme. It's a silly ritual that many geeks like to engage in that makes them feel superior to the font bourgeois. Like all memes, participating in it also solidifies their social standing in the practicing group.
Hating on Comic Sans is like hating on Merlot wine because you saw it Sideways.
- Adrock 16y agoThe next step is to ironically embrace Comic Sans. If anyone has typography skills, I'd love to see a stab at Comic Mono for use in IDEs. Ironic Sans, perhaps?
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- ywgdana 16y agoI used to use Comic Sans as my font for code editing. It had the nice effects of: 1) Annoying the font bigots in our company. 2) I giggled every single time I opened a file to edit. And Comic Sans Mono would be wonderful.
- user24 16y ago> The next step is to ironically embrace Comic Sans done! http://comicfuckingsans.com http://comicfuckingsans.com
- mathgladiator 16y agoI love Comic Sans; http://www.longbeardstudios.com/ http://www.longbeardstudios.com/
- user24 16y agoIt's also a nice safe opinion to have about something. Let's say Bob McEntrepreneur links to his startup's landing page on HN. If he's using comic sans, that's guarunteed karma for the first person who makes the content-empty comment "Nice site, but lose comic sans". Hence ensuring the survival of the meme.
- frou_dh 16y agoRelated: enthusing about Helvetica.
- kristiandupont 16y agoI don't normally complain publicly about Comic Sans so I guess am not part of this group. However, I do think it is hideous and I would never use it, just like I wouldn't use animated gif's on my site. This is taste only - not because I want to be cool or anything..
- djacobs 16y agoHear, hear. I don't openly complain about it either, but I die a little inside every time I see it on a flyer or jam label.
- psawaya 16y agoI can't get behind that. I agree there is something decidedly bandwagon-y about this wave of comic sans hate, but even before I knew hating comic sans was a thing, I thought it looked stupid. Whenever I read something typeset in comic sans, it made whatever I was reading seem twice as stupid and cheesy. When I found out other people felt the same way, I actually was relieved. And I have absolutely no design background. I think it's really a basic matter of taste.
- kree10 16y agoIt is a matter of taste (and likely class). There are a lot of people out there who think it looks great. Maybe sites should use Comic Sans if they detect the browser is MSIE 6, and save the "tasteful" fonts for everyone else. Everyone wins!