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Comic Sans is the Britney Spears of fonts. Overused/Overplayed. Legible/Catchy. Well crafted for its original purpose. Gets no respect. Probably deserves a

by beloch 6y ago

Comic Sans is the Britney Spears of fonts. Overused/Overplayed. Legible/Catchy. Well crafted for its original purpose. Gets no respect. Probably deserves a little, but it makes you feel dirty to give it.

Kaibeezy 6y ago
Not sure it’s Britney. Comic Sans has no ambition; is chosen despite itself; is hyper-ordinary. It’s the supermarket’s-own-brand ramen noodles of typefaces.
- jehlakj 6y ago
  And I’m sure those ramen sell well. Fact is, not many people care. If you have a product that doesn’t target designers or the like, does it really matter?
  - sverhagen 6y ago
    Surely there must be some value is graphic design? Or esthetics?
    - jehlakj 6y ago
      Sure. If you’re targeting a similar audience as Apple or other high end brands. My point is that there’s a different kind of audience for comic sans or its variants.
- ljm 6y ago
  This and the parent comment need to be written with Comic Sans to highlight how absurdly pretentious they are.
  - mainstreemm 6y ago
    This whole website and its entire commentariat are constantly participating in a neverending exercise of pretension one-upmanship and I implicate and debase myself by even pointing this out
  - vinceguidry 6y ago
    It's virtually impossible to have a deep design-related discussion without it sounding to naive ears as pretentious. Design is the art of arranging things so as to evoke particular feelings in people. To discuss them is to discuss the feelings they're evoking vs the feelings that were intended to be evoked. And there's only so far you can get with the sorts of words ordinary people use to talk about their feelings. And nobody likes to hear that other people might feel and perceive deeper than them.
- Cullinet 6y ago
  "No ambition... hyper ordinary.. " Same as every crack addict on a come down, surely? I'm not sure if Britney Spears had pushy parents, but I think that's the analogy with Comic Sans. Abusively pushy and demeaning, trying to criticise when the flaws are those of the beholder and bestowing outrageous praise for imaginary achievements. I'm glad to hear solid defence of Comic Sans here because whatever it is, it's sui generis, unto itself true. Which I think is the most attractive character trait at the same time as provoking extreme reactions of self projection in observers.
emptyparadise 6y ago
This would explain why the discourse around it is so toxic.
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jasonjayr 6y ago
Leave Britney (and Comic Sans) alone!!!! :)
academi 6y ago
Not Britany Spears. Maybe Carol Burnett.

by beloch 6y ago

Kaibeezy 6y ago

Not sure it’s Britney. Comic Sans has no ambition; is chosen despite itself; is hyper-ordinary. It’s the supermarket’s-own-brand ramen noodles of typefaces.

jehlakj 6y ago
And I’m sure those ramen sell well. Fact is, not many people care. If you have a product that doesn’t target designers or the like, does it really matter?
- sverhagen 6y ago
  Surely there must be some value is graphic design? Or esthetics?
  - jehlakj 6y ago
    Sure. If you’re targeting a similar audience as Apple or other high end brands. My point is that there’s a different kind of audience for comic sans or its variants.
ljm 6y ago
This and the parent comment need to be written with Comic Sans to highlight how absurdly pretentious they are.
- mainstreemm 6y ago
  This whole website and its entire commentariat are constantly participating in a neverending exercise of pretension one-upmanship and I implicate and debase myself by even pointing this out
- vinceguidry 6y ago
  It's virtually impossible to have a deep design-related discussion without it sounding to naive ears as pretentious. Design is the art of arranging things so as to evoke particular feelings in people. To discuss them is to discuss the feelings they're evoking vs the feelings that were intended to be evoked. And there's only so far you can get with the sorts of words ordinary people use to talk about their feelings. And nobody likes to hear that other people might feel and perceive deeper than them.
Cullinet 6y ago
"No ambition... hyper ordinary.. " Same as every crack addict on a come down, surely? I'm not sure if Britney Spears had pushy parents, but I think that's the analogy with Comic Sans. Abusively pushy and demeaning, trying to criticise when the flaws are those of the beholder and bestowing outrageous praise for imaginary achievements. I'm glad to hear solid defence of Comic Sans here because whatever it is, it's sui generis, unto itself true. Which I think is the most attractive character trait at the same time as provoking extreme reactions of self projection in observers.

emptyparadise 6y ago

This would explain why the discourse around it is so toxic.

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jasonjayr 6y ago

Leave Britney (and Comic Sans) alone!!!! :)

academi 6y ago

Not Britany Spears. Maybe Carol Burnett.