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I really don't get the fascination with Comic Sans. I've seen people set their system font on laptop or phone to it. How is it even readable? /end old man rant
by sevencolors 6y ago
I really don't get the fascination with Comic Sans. I've seen people set their system font on laptop or phone to it. How is it even readable?
/end old man rant
- tti 6y agoIrony.
- porphyra 6y agoA lot of what makes Comic Sans so ugly (lack of consistency or uniformity) also happens to make it more legible for people with dyslexia or similar reading disabilities.
- Raphmedia 6y agoDyslexie explains it well in their about pages, https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/typeface/ https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/typeface/ I wish the font was free, but there's always https://opendyslexic.org/ https://opendyslexic.org/
- sevencolors 6y agoOh fascinating. It does make sense now. Maybe someone will release a open source version that could be included in systems. Seeing that there are paid versions designed specifically for this
- hinkley 6y agoAll the times I've read along people bashing some 'asshole' who insisted on Comic Sans for everything, now I'm wondering how often the 'asshole' had dyslexia and the other people were the real assholes...
- Sparkle-san 6y agoI think there's a few reasons. It is used a lot in schools because it purportedly is good for students with dyslexia and resembles handwriting. Some use of it can be contributed to irony, but I think for a lot of laymen who don't care or know much about fonts they just think it's neat.
- quiescant_dodo 6y agoI've been using Comic Mono as my non-code IDE font for years. It clashes obviously with the font I use for the code, which makes it easier to parse context for me.
- mark-r 6y agoI think some people just get tired of the stiffness and formality of "normal" fonts. Comic Sans just screams informality.