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First thoughts: I like it, it will be interesting to see what the typography community has to say. Slightly off topic, but it's funny how Comic Sans, a font, ha
by coffeecodecouch 13y ago
First thoughts: I like it, it will be interesting to see what the typography community has to say. Slightly off topic, but it's funny how Comic Sans, a font, has become so widely hated and mocked even among non-tech savvy people. There seems to be a tipping point where something becomes cool to hate. It's absolutely impossible nowadays to use Comic Sans, even if it's completely appropriate for the situation, without being mocked by people who have never used anything else but Times New Roman.
- zokier 13y ago> without being mocked by people who have never used anything else but Helvetica. ftfy. I find that unquestioning love for Helvetica and hate for Comic Sans go hand in hand.
- fhars 13y agoI really should get that T-shirt I have been thinking about, with "Helvetica!" written on it in Comic Sans.
- hengheng 13y agoThere is some potential to create the weirdest partner look.
- ajanuary 13y agoI made one with Helvetica written in arial. I always find it interesting to see who picks up on it, but I haven't quite worked out if that makes me like them more or less.
- mansr 13y agoI have one of those too. It's quite rare that anyone comments on it.
- StavrosK 13y agoCan someone tell me why people scoff at the use of Arial or Verdana or whatever? Helvetica and Arial look extremely similar, what's the problem?
- mansr 13y agoArial is a sloppy-looking knockoff of Helvetica. It's the typographical equivalent of fake designer clothes. There's nothing inherently wrong with using Verdana as a screen font.
- zokier 13y agoPreferring Helvetica over Arial is commonly just pure snobbery. There are couple of reasons behind that: Helvetica is associated with Macs while Arial is associated with Microsoft. Helvetica can be argued to be "more original" than Arial. The Arial we usually see (Microsofts version) is heavily optimized for low-res screen display at body text sizes, which some might say compromise it for high-res/print use. Helvetica is also available in significantly more variants than the Bold/Italic MS Arial.
- vinceguidry 13y agoWhen I was a kid writing essays in school on Microsoft Word, I used Arial for awhile, but I started to hate it, even though I didn't know squat about typography. It was just ugly. Ugly on the screen, ugly on paper. So I switched largely to Verdana, though I did go through a Trebuchet phase. To this day, I loathe the look of Arial. When I was first introduced to Helvetica, still knowing nothing about type, I thought it was really pretty. There's more to it than snobbery.
- wubbfindel 13y agoDone already? http://www.cafepress.co.uk/mf/29706513/helvetica_tshirt?utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=t-shirts&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=cpc-product-ads-uk&utm_content=296357381&productId=296357381 http://www.cafepress.co.uk/mf/29706513/helvetica_tshirt?utm_...
- scott_s 13y agoPlease don't use the "fixed this for you" meme. It's needlessly snarky. Just explain how you disagree.
- cessor 13y agoI find the qualification of "appropriate for the situation" somewhat disturbing in the example of comic sans. Just like wearing a clown costume to a job interview is hardly ever appropriate (except when you are applying for a job as a clown, then it could bear bonus points for bringing your own).
- kiiski 13y agoOn the other hand, wearing a clown costume when working as one might be a good idea. Not all documents that contain text are "job interviews".
- cessor 13y agoIn my opinion there is just no good use for Comic Sans, except for speech bubbles in a comic (and even for that there are better fonts). Important memo or note at a pediatric ward of a hospital? Well, you are still communicating with adults, so you don't need to use a "childish" font. Funeral? Nope. Childs Birthday? Nope.
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoI don't understand the emotional baggage that comes with Comic Sans. Its a font, not a statement. The message is in how the letters are arranged. I'm not even sure I can recognize Comic Sans if I saw it. Moral? SO there are people like me, who don't give a leap what font you use. Its fine to communicate with us with Comic Sans or Dingbats or whatever. Ignore the people with their banners crusading for better communications through clever framing of the ink.
- Theodores 13y agoIn my experience it is a certain class of 'designers' that mock Comic Sans. These 'designers' exist a plenty in the wild even though they are not really 'designers': 1) Have Apple branded computer - check. 2) Do not know how to add content to a CMS - check. 3) Incapable of making the smallest tweak to CSS - check. 4) Move files around with a DropBox type gadget and have to get a 'developer' to 'FTP' that PDF to a server - check. 5) Only 'design' for Mac screens with a minimum resolution of Full HD even though the iphone has been out for a while - check. 6) Take inspiration from the latest site-du-jour in a me-too copy-and-paste way, bringing no blue sky thinking to the table - check. 7) Think in terms of CMYK and DPI at all times - check. 8) Never use client content in mock ups, go for Lorem Ipsum when shapes on a page are needed - check. 9) Throw a tantrum if a developer or client makes the slightest change from the cast in stone design mockups for a good reason such as usability - check. 10) Mock 'Comic Sans' - wow I am a real designer now!!!
- etfb 13y agoOne out of ten for me - I loathe Comic Sans, but item 1-9 don't fit me at all.
- acjohnson55 13y agoI think people hate Comic Sans because of how many people used it inappropriately.