5 ms·

Slightly off topic, but does anybody know why the OpenBSD community has started using Comic Sans in all their material? Is it some kind of inside joke? I don't

Slightly off topic, but does anybody know why the OpenBSD community has started using Comic Sans in all their material? Is it some kind of inside joke? I don't find it neither good nor wrong, but there must be some reason behind it.

sigzero 12y ago
It's the only truly secure by default font.
bch 12y ago
https://twitter.com/michaeldexter/status/489515383682920448 https://twitter.com/michaeldexter/status/489515383682920448 Like wearing a SPAM[1] shirt to a vegan potluck, I guess. [1] http://www.spam.com/ http://www.spam.com/
tedunangst 12y ago
Started?
- Crito 12y ago
  Didn't it only start during that fundraising drive a year or two ago? Or is it older than that?
  - tedunangst 12y ago
    You can scroll through http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ if you're curious. Mostly depends on author (or if they're using magicpoint, really). http://www.openbsd.org/papers/pacsec03/e/index.html http://www.openbsd.org/papers/pacsec03/e/index.html was 2003.
ma2rten 12y ago
There was another discussion about it recently on HN, which linked to this: http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00025.html http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00025.htm...
- bcook 12y ago
  lol... weaponizing fonts. Well played.
gnuvince 12y ago
I remember Bob Beck saying it was one of the three fonts that works with MagicPoint and the one that is most readable on projector.
- user_0001 12y ago
  and the fact it is just the best font. period
colinmahns 12y ago
I think it's just the OpenBSD crew having fun by watching people cringe.
Dewie 12y ago
I think it's more fun to consider the widespread "hate" of comic sans, and considering whether it is really "bad" or just band-wagoning.
muyuu 12y ago
If someone starts giving any importance to the font instead of the code quality he or she gets summarily expelled. Helps keeping the priorities right.
alwillis 12y ago
Remember—it’s not just Comic Sans; it’s “weaponized” Comic Sans: http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00025.html http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00025.htm....
na85 12y ago
All the wannabes on reddit end up getting derailed into long comment chains circlejerking about comic sans; shunts a lot of people who have nothing worthwhile to say into an easy-to-avoid thread.

sigzero 12y ago

It's the only truly secure by default font.

bch 12y ago

https://twitter.com/michaeldexter/status/489515383682920448 https://twitter.com/michaeldexter/status/489515383682920448 Like wearing a SPAM[1] shirt to a vegan potluck, I guess. [1] http://www.spam.com/ http://www.spam.com/

tedunangst 12y ago

Started?

Crito 12y ago
Didn't it only start during that fundraising drive a year or two ago? Or is it older than that?
- tedunangst 12y ago
  You can scroll through http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ if you're curious. Mostly depends on author (or if they're using magicpoint, really). http://www.openbsd.org/papers/pacsec03/e/index.html http://www.openbsd.org/papers/pacsec03/e/index.html was 2003.

ma2rten 12y ago

There was another discussion about it recently on HN, which linked to this: http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00025.html http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00025.htm...

bcook 12y ago
lol... weaponizing fonts. Well played.

gnuvince 12y ago

I remember Bob Beck saying it was one of the three fonts that works with MagicPoint and the one that is most readable on projector.

user_0001 12y ago
and the fact it is just the best font. period

colinmahns 12y ago

I think it's just the OpenBSD crew having fun by watching people cringe.

Dewie 12y ago

I think it's more fun to consider the widespread "hate" of comic sans, and considering whether it is really "bad" or just band-wagoning.

muyuu 12y ago

If someone starts giving any importance to the font instead of the code quality he or she gets summarily expelled. Helps keeping the priorities right.

alwillis 12y ago

Remember—it’s not just Comic Sans; it’s “weaponized” Comic Sans: http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00025.html http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00025.htm....

na85 12y ago

All the wannabes on reddit end up getting derailed into long comment chains circlejerking about comic sans; shunts a lot of people who have nothing worthwhile to say into an easy-to-avoid thread.