I Love Comic Sans

Herein I confess my affection for the typeface known as Comic Sans. Imagine my surprise when I read this Wall Street Journal article about Vincent Connare, the creator of what I think is a cute, casual looking font, and the worldwide movement to ban that same font.

Reading about the Ban Comic Sans movement makes me think these people should get a life. I mean I understand Ban The Bomb, Ban Greenhouse Warming, and other such real social issues, but ban comic sans. It's just a typeface, people. Use it. Don't use it. Big deal.

Takeaway Truth

There are real problems in the world. Find one and work on it.

11 comments:

  1. That's my default email font. I love it. Who cares? Ban a font? Sheesh.

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  2. Hey, I'm with you guys. Of all the things in the world to abhor, a font???

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  3. Fully agree. I like Comic Sans. And whatever font one use, I don't give a shit!

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  4. Hey are you guys for real? Comic Sans is fine in its context - which is in comics btw - but used on law documents, funeral parlours and official signs, it's really, extremely... inappropriate (for want of a stronger word). Anyway my point is that anyone who uses CS without due regard for the marriage of content and form, or font, really needs to think about this. I mean, words are important right... so how we say them, and how they appear when typed, is important too. Right?

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  5. I agree 100%! It is my favorite font and I use it for anything related to my artwork or stories! It looks a little bit like my handwriting and Comic Sans MS is like my signature font! It's an awesome font and yeah, people really should do something better than complain about it!

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  6. I couldn't agree more. comic sans is a perfectly fine font. actually, its more than that, its the best font ever!!!!! if you hate it get a life, and find a cure for cancer.

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  7. Comic sans isn't all bad, used in the correct circumstances it can even be good.

    I try to argue this point on my blog:

    http://www.whatswrongwithcomicsans.com

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  8. Surely, you should use a font appropriate to the circumstances. We need to educate the silly folk who use Comic Sans where they ought not to. Baning a font is just daft!

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  9. Surely, we should use a font suitable for the circumstances. Ban a font? NO! Educate those silly people who use Comic Sans where they shouldn't!

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  10. Thank you, Malcolm, for visiting and commenting both times.

    Happy New Year!
    Joan Reeves

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