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Smugmug was pretty cool except for the Comic Sans (-ish) logo. That thing was so hideous and amateur many people just didn't take them seriously.
by mthoms 5y ago
Smugmug was pretty cool except for the Comic Sans (-ish) logo. That thing was so hideous and amateur many people just didn't take them seriously.
- DonHopkins 5y agoHey, I shipped a game that used Comic Sans all throughout, and it did ok in spite of the ugly font! https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/awrb09/just_a_friendly_reminder_that_sims_1_used_comic/ https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/awrb09/just_a_frie... Slack (which was founded by the same founder as Flickr, Stewart Butterfield) seems to be doing ok with their Penis Swastika Logo, so it just goes to show how hard it is to predict which designs will be popular. https://boingboing.net/2019/01/16/slacks-new-logo-is-a-playdoh.html https://boingboing.net/2019/01/16/slacks-new-logo-is-a-playd... It could be worse: Wingdings redrawn in the style of Comic Sans to create the "worst font ever": https://boingboing.net/2021/12/29/wingdings-redrawn-in-the-style-of-comic-sans-to-create-the-worst-font-ever.html https://boingboing.net/2021/12/29/wingdings-redrawn-in-the-s... "Comic Dings" Font Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATI2q7M_eMU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATI2q7M_eMU
- mthoms 5y agoRight you are about Sims 1... and I did love that game! Kudos. Wingdings as Comic Sans is indeed the stuff of nightmares. I'll be lucky to sleep tonight :-)