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It should’ve been you, Comic Sans. It. Should. Have. Been. You. – Ms. Fix-It
Favorite Comment: Graphite Dimitri says, “I don’t think comic sans is hated as a font, but hated for people applying in the wrong situations. I wouldn’t write my boss a letter in the Pastor of Muppets font…or some gothic english looking font. Besides…every time you use comic sans in the incorrect situation…a little kitten dies.”
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When I remember that I actually liked Comic sans… ow. It should stay in comics and nothing more.
Wrong. The font is a stupid knock-off of the classic comic-style type and actually looks horrible inside speech bubbles. There is no place it belongs.
There is a place. As a kindergarten teacher I use it for labels around the classroom etc., because it’s prints letters like ‘a’ and ‘g’ correctly. Why have a little hat on the ‘a’? It’s stupid and having fonts that print the letters the way we are teaching printing is more straightforward.
It belongs in school.
Well, it is definitely NOT the best font to type your big final essay out on. I belongs in Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st grade, and maybe 2nd grade. After that, it’s horrible. And there ARE better fonts out there, with the same proper handwriting properties. You know, that DON’T look horrible.
I completely agree. So many people I know use it, especially adults who are old enough to know better. One mistake I would like to point out in the graph: it insults twelve-year-olds by assuming that they have no eyesight. Many of my younger acquaintances use Perpetua or Bookman Old Style.
The font called “century gothic” actually looks much, much better than comic sans, and looks the way the letters do when kids are learning them. Go try it. Seriously. Your eyes will thank you.
Thats awesome!
The only legitimate use for Comic Sans is writing the words ‘Comic Sans’.
whats all the rage of Comic Sans? its awesome! why is everyone hating it just cuz everyone else is?
Because it looks really dumb and babyish. Figured that out around third grade or so
I kinda hated it by second. A bit in first. I always thought that handwriting was weird. I mean, my mom had PERFECT handwriting as a kid, I’ve seen some of it, and now, it is a MESS. Completely Illegible. No one EVER keeps the ability to write really good. But she did make up for it with very fast typing. I mean, if you can read it easily, which they could, why waste time making kids perfectionists? It is stupid. Shouldn’t you be teaching us subtraction, not how to write an “A” perfectly? I mean, some people just want to do it thier way. I do think clean, legible writing is important, but perfection is not. There are no Hanwriting Olympics, people. If it’s ok, just leave it like it is.
I still have lovely, legible handwriting, but I practice every day. Part of it is because I collect expensive fountain pens.
I know right!!!! It ROCKS!!!!!!!
I think its just a reference to that letter written by the cavaliers owner to Lebron James once he left for miami even though that was 2 weeks ago, personally i couldn’t care any less about basketball free agency and stuff like that, but thought it was worth pointing out
No, there was plenty of comic sans hate going around long before that.
Speaking as a professional editor – yes.
Our County Recorder’s official documents for filing changes, etc… is typed up in Comic Sans…. It makes me sad.
Gah – what is the world coming to? They better not do this where I live!
Pst – It’s compounding into the reasons I’m running against her in the coming election…
OOO good luck!!!
Speaking also as a professional editor – we have specified fonts for pretty much everything so also yes.
How about when you want people to be able to read your graph legend?
I may sound silly here, but one question only. When I searched for comic sans, it was a reasonable simple and general font to me
Certainly easier on the eyes than Times Roman. All those jagged edges don’t flow too well.
That would be because sans serif fonts are designed for use on the computer.
Even on print, all serif fonts suck. People may not like Comic Sans, but I’ll take it over serif fonts in ANY situation, ANY day.
It seems neither the history of typography nor any of the current and extremely widespread uses of serif font faces agree with your irrational hatred of them, though. It’s true that they difficult and slow down on-screen reading. However, when used on print (I’m talking long texts here, over a paragraph long), a sans-serif only looks ugly, confusing, too spaced and migraine-inducing.
I agree with you! It doesnt look babyish at all! Ok, maybe not use it for business letters, but it’s not THAT bad!
Yeah, I don’t really agree with all the people who are saying it’s the best font ever, but it definitely doesn’t deserve all this hatred. Sure, it’s not the most professional-looking font, but not all writing is professional, so why do all fonts need to be?
Im using Comic Sans in my work software. those who think its babyish can go to hell. **(~_~)**
There is never an acceptable reason to use Comic Sans, except for 25% of the time…
Yeah I was going to say “75% of the time, it’s NEVER acceptable”, but you pretty much beat me to it.
Comic Sans is the easiest font for dyslexic people to read. True story.
+1 DYSLEXICS FOR THE WIN!
How about in A FREAKING COMIC
seconded
Absolutely not. Try it it looks awful.
This is the wrong damn graph choice, it doesn’t even make sense. AT ALL. There is never an acceptable reason, except for 35% of the time.
They forgot one – and that is, making your 8 page research paper actually meet the 10 page requirement. (Comic Sans actually takes up more space on a page than other fonts at the same size.)
Courier New?
If comic sans is larger, then why don’t you just put times new roman in a bigger font? just saying…
Courier New is a monospaced font, which means it will take up all sorts of space without breaking any formatting guidelines.
The font size of Times New Roman is pretty easy to identify. Making it bigger used to get you an automatic 50% off your grade back when I was in school.
*point size
My b.
RAVIE! Oh wait, Ravie is not a professional choice… CURLZ MT!
+1
It’s the only reason why I passed eighth grade.
That’s really sad, actually. Eighth grade?
You’d get your paper handed back to you with an F on it if you passed that in to me. With 24 hours to reprint it, in the font and with the margins specified in the style sheet you were handed as part of your syllabus at the beginning of the semester.
Thank you for being the voice of reason. For some reason, high school students haven’t managed to look past the ‘old, computer illiterate english teacher’ stereotype from decades past.
I know they know what font that is, and what point size it is. I also know that my teachers are fully aware that half the papers they receive have been copied from Wikipedia.
Keep fighting the good fight.
I teach graduate students. You’d think they would not need to have this spelled out to them.
…I am terrified. Do you support the institution of corporal punishment?
Sadly, there is a difference between a crack across the knuckles with a wooden ruler, and a slap upside the head. The former would be less appropriate than the latter in this case.
Or possibly the cause… I always owned up to my failure to make the page requirement, and I did it with my head held high. Misrepresenting myself is insidious at best.
WTF? I LOVE comic sans! It has a certain ambience to it….not childish in any way…jut FUN, FUN, FUN!!!
I agree with the readable part. But since the font was the choice of some people I don’t agree with, I still loved this graph.
Pth…I use it all the time..in my comics.
As for looking childish, that’s what kids.tt is for. It even reverses the ‘s’.
What if you’re lettering a comic?
My prof uses this font for every single notes she posted online.
I always change the font into something else with Word before I print the notes out.
Your prof should lose her job, tenure or not. How insulting.
Comic sans is perfect when you teach to young children, because the a is shaped like the kids write it.
My teachers made me type in Comic Sans. I still cut myself at night.
lol
You know, I don’t want to be the first one to complain, but what does this graph actually represent if the largest portion claims “there is never an acceptable reason”, yet alternatives take up the remaining 25% or so?
I agree. Comic sans is an ugly font.
Comic Sans is latin for without humour.
lol true. But it was originally meant to be defined and taken in as a “comic style of the sans serif fonts”.
There is an acceptable reason to use Comic Sans. For the reason it was created for. Comic Book Dialog! Oh, Buzz Kill.
No. It looks terrible in that context. If it was seriously made for that reason, the creators failed horribly.
It shouldn’t even be used in comics… It’s so big, ugly and unprofessional.
Comics are unprofessional. Life is unprofessional. Spontaneity will always win. DEAL WITH IT.
I agree with you, kb.
75% should be “if your aim is to decimate a superstar athlete whose departure will cripple your city’s economy and morale”
How did it take like 50 comments to get a Dan Gilbert joke in? I completely agree.
Big? Yes.
Fugly? Yup.
But damn, at least it’s READABLE!
Meh…Just opened up OpenOffice Writer to see what the hubbub was about. Comic Sans is not NEARLY as bad as some of the choices I have.
I don’t think comic sans is hated as a font, but hated for people applying in the wrond situations. I wouldn’t write my boss a letter in the Pastor of Muppets font…or some gothic english looking font.
besides…everytime you use comic sans in the incorrect situation…a little kitten dies
Useful when teaching English to Japanese middle school students.
Really? It’s sans serif, I would think that would make it MORE difficult.
I’m not trying to hate on you, I’m genuinely interested. Is it just because it’s shaped more like natural handwriting?
Yes. I had students who thought the Times Roman small “A” and the Comic Sans small “A” were two different letters. They are just learning to read and write with English letters so it helps if what they are reading looks like what they are writing.
Neat!
Seeing all the support for Comic Sans makes me die a little inside. And wonder what the world is coming to. And rage a bit.
But… why? It may not be my favorite font, but I really don’t see why it’s worth getting so worked up over.
What’s with the hate? Comic Sans is actually a really good font (please note I’m basing this off Comic Sans MS, which is on my computer). I mean, it’s not all fancy, and who needs fancy (besides government, etc.)? I like it, especially because it looks like it was handwritten.
actually they did a study on fonts and comic sans is the best for your eyes cause it doesn’t cause as much strain when you stare at your monitor for hours on end trolling the internet
I’m Comic Sans, A$$hole.
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/monologues/15comicsans.html
Dammit. I was gonna post that. lol
I like “OCR A Extended” the best. ^_^
What about Papyrus or Bleeding Cowboys? Those are much worse in my opinion.
My english teacher made us type EVERYTHING in Comic Sans, and if you forgot you got points off. Oh highschool
I set my default font to CS in FF so when I’m editing a webpage, I can preview it and see if I left any text in default font.
As a result, at least 35% of the Internet now looks as moronic as it actually is.
When I was little I was in girl scouts, my leader used comic sans for the newsletters she gave our parents, unfortunately it was acceptable then
Blah blah blah. Stupid whiners. There is NOTHING wrong with Comic Sans. Everyone who claims to hate it is merely jumping on yet another internet bandwagon of stupidity, like the whole Chuck Norris crap.
Yeah, pretty much.
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People steal things all the time because they look funny in graphs. But not on failbook. Do some pop culture research.
Friends don’t let friends use comic sans…….
It a bit like DUI sure its fun at the time but the rest of us have to put up with it.
NEVER AN ACCEPTABLE REASON!!!
Only 75% of the time . . .
Wow, there are people that actually care?! It’s a FONT get over it. Unless someone’s typing in webdings or wingdings there is no reason to even notice.
Its handy for plans and diagrams, if you’re expecting scrappy handwritten notation and instead get comic sans its not unpleasant.
IMO, Comic Sans should NOT be used for any situation, even for a fancy situation, because professional typefaces are a big sell to potential customers.
What about the many situations where people are typing things that are not intended for potential customers? And why would anyone think a “fancy” situation would be a better time to use Comic Sans than a casual one?
Comic Serif would be better for such situations.
I’m a medical student, and I can’t even remember the number of times my professors in med school have used this font in powerpoint presentations about serious illnesses like various forms of cancer…
Fonts are fine for signage but if I cant tell the difference between Richard the third, Richard ill and Richard one-hundred eleven the font designer should die a horrible death and have comic sans on his tombstone. I quit doing autocad because of the awful archtype font most architects use.
For four years in middle school i had a computer literacy teacher who was in love with Comic Sans font. Every assignment had to be written in 12 pt comic sans or we’d get docked points. I cannot disassociate my education about computers with comic sans font. It’s tragic.
I prefer Trebuchet and Verdana. They’re informal and professional.
i hear comic sans is a classy font.
i never lie.
you stand corrected.
you didn’t list “Irony”
When I moved they officially used Comic Sans to put my new Address on my ID card… and those were German bureaucrats.
Seriously, raging over a font? It’s less “professional”?
-1 for you guys
-1 for the internets
Meh. Carry on…
actually they did a study on fonts and comic sans is the best for your eyes cause it doesn’t cause as much strain when you stare at your monitor for hours on end trolling the internet
I don’t see why Comic Sans is hated.
Fonts should only be evaluated on one question.
Is the font readable?
Yes – Use it.
No – Try again.
its awsome because it lets you know who reads cyanide and happiness