Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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I think it's used for that casual, handwritten look. But there are all kinds to use. I'm not a big fan, only because it's everywhere. I guess that's the point.
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Join Date: May 2004
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I had an official letter of rejection (just for a class I wanted to take) arrive written in Comic.. it was comical.
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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I think you'll find it surprising to learn that actually isn't true!* Sans-serif fonts are slower to read by about 2.2%. The difference is negligible though, so you can use what you like. There are more serious issues, like using all capital letters in headlines (12-13% average lengthening of reading time), monospaced fonts (4.7% delay), 12 and 14 pt fonts (5-6% delay) (ideally use 10 or 11pt), and 6.5 inch line length for 12 pt font (3% delay) (ideally use 2.75 to 4 inches). I use Century Schoolbook (serif font) in my writing and use as many of the suggestions as the rules allow. *See Ruth Anne Robbins, Painting with Print: Incorporating Concepts of Typographic and Layout Design into the Text of Legal Writing Documents, 2 JAWLD 108 (2007); citing Miles A.Tinker, Legibility of Print 48 (1964); Donald G. Paterson & Miles A. Tinker, Studies of Typographical Factors Influencing Speed of Reading X. Style of Type Forms, 16 J. Applied Psychol. 605 (Dec. 1932); S.S. Jha & C.N. Daftuar, Legibility of Type Faces, 25 No. 2 J.of Psychol. Research 108, 109 (1981) |
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Fishhead Family Reunited
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Slightly Off Center
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Comic Sans Be Gone. A Safari 5 extension to remove Comic Sans from all pages you view! |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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What a bunch of mean snobs.
Poor little font...nobody loves it. Mark my words: within a few years, some ironic hipster types will start to use it in their designs and posters, and it'll be the biggest thing that has ever hit and all the designers and artists will be jumping on it. Kinda like the trucker hat of typography...all it takes is one mop-haired artiste (with funky, I'm-edgier-than-you eyewear) to declare something cool and "in", and all the people around him/her will gladly jump on board and soon it'll be everywhere. Again. Everything lame is hip again, at some point. And everything we currently think is cool and neat will be laughed at and ridiculed in 5-10 years. That's how it works. So ease the hell up on Comic Sans, because you're about 4-6 years away from looking like unimaginative goons who couldn't see the forest for the trees, and the train coming down the track. Last edited by psmith2.0 : 2010-07-27 at 10:34. |
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Scates, go crawl back into your Naugahyde-lined Living Room Pit!
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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You know what I mean. Its lameness will elevate it to untold heights...just give it a little time, and in the hands of the right people.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Promise Land of Trustafarians
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I just had to sit through a technical presentation with the slides done in Comic Sans.
After twenty minutes of reading mathematical expressions in that font, I wanted to stick something sharp in my eyes. My vision still hasn’t readjusted... The worst part? It was done in freaking *LaTeX*! They should know better! |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Promise Land of Trustafarians
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But the department I’m working at this summer... it’s been more than just a few people. I don’t know what it is about this place. |
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Formerly Roboman, still
awesome Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Portland, OR
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It's not simply that Comics Sans isn't trendy. There are trends in typography (again, just look at Gotham and Myriad!), but Comic Sans exists totally outside of that paradigm because it's simply totally inappropriate for pretty much anything. It hasn't ever been held in high esteem by people familiar with typography. It's like suggesting that dressing in rags will make a comeback as a hot prom fashion -- it won't, and it actually can't, because it was never "in" in the first place. I've noticed this, amongst faculty. I think it's the "we're thinking of the children, see!" factor. ••• Here's a special font-themed edition of Letters to People or Entitites Who Are Unlikely to Respond. Dear restaurants: Using Papyrus on your menu will not make you look upscale. It will not make your ambience more Italian. It will not make your wine list more "premium." It will only make people think of Papyrus, the font. And maybe Avatar. That is all. and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Unknown
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Man, you people bring nerdiness to a whole new level.
As long as I can read the damn words, I really don't give a crap what font it is. Who really notices that stuff, and worse, knows the fonts by name just from seeing them.... Take that. Nerds! Do you know where children get all of their energy? - They suck it right out of their parents! |
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