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There is definitely an internet lynch mob mentality on this even though the inappropriate use critique is spot on. You'd have to be a brave designer to use it,
by NoPiece 14y ago
There is definitely an internet lynch mob mentality on this even though the inappropriate use critique is spot on. You'd have to be a brave designer to use it, even in an befitting way. Apps like Balsamiq have dropped it and subbed in look-a-likes just so people have cover to say it isn't Comic Sans.
http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/font http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/font
- wfunction 14y agoMy professors used it on many lecture slides... very few people until it was pointed out to them, and once that happened then they couldn't focus!
- TheAnimus 14y agoIt's a bit of a craze to mock things, we like to be pack animals feasting on the fresh carcus afterall. Just search Nickleback on Reddit. However it's bizzarely useful in a way. Say you've got a trail version of an application, you can have a penalty of users who run the app for more than a month without a purchase. Simply flick the font in to Comic Sans. You gain geek credit, even some free blog advertising under the Comic Sans lol bandwagon. That then creates more posative feedback, people like to read things they are already vaugely familiar with, so you get that natural circle of hate.