What is your opinion on Comic Sans?
What is your opinion on Comic Sans?
I was going to make a post on unpopular opinions saying comic sans is not as bad as people make it out to be and can be useful in some cases since it is easier to read. But decided not to because I wasnt sure kbin/lemmy felt about it.
Hating comic sans is a meme. It was overused and thus received backlash, and now the backlash has been going on longer that the trend it was in response to.
The trend was like 3 years, and the hate has been going on for like 25 years.
The trend has never stopped where I'm from. The hate is burning as bright as ever.
True it was overused at one point. I guess a lot of the hate is just exaggerated from people getting annoyed how much it showed up in resumes and official documents as well as being used by amateur graphics designers . Which is fair. The font itself I think still serves a purpose when used correctly.
It's acceptable in the following contexts:
- In a comic
- In content designed for children
That's pretty much it.
The monospaced version is the best terminal font I've ever used. I can find information on the screen way faster.
Yes! I came here to shill for Comic Mono! I don't use any other monospace fonts since I started with it.
I use monospaced comic sans for programming. The font is just easier on the eyes.
I don't really use it for anything. Though I imagine it would would make it easier to read having comic sans in white on a dark terminal.
Went out with someone for 3 months who had comic sans on her phone and honestly I’m adding that to the red flag list. Never again
I smell stories!!!
I very much associate it with the kind of person in the corporate environment who says things like "does somebody have a case of the Mondays?"
Right tools for the right jobs. The issues arise when it's out of place.
I don't think it's that bad. What matters is that the message can be read.
True a font that is hard to read isn't very good especially if you are dyslexic.
^ Something that annoys me to no end. I don't have dyslexia but find handwritings hard to read, and for similar reasons I always write in print, but then I go consult people who write things if there's a project or I need something written, and nine out of ten times it's in cursive when it's not even a formal document, and I'm thinking "is it SO hard for normal people to write in a normal manner and write for understandability instead of bad aesthetics/tradition". Yet I'm called illiterate because I only write in print.
Meh. Usage is cringe, but so is the hate.
There was a time when it was overused. That’s not the case anymore.
I would still be triggered when I see it, but I don’t think the hate is needed anymore.
It's aight. Just use it for the right stuff, is all.
It doesn’t bother me at all. It’s readable and fun, but I like comics so…. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I get why people use it, but it looks childish.
Keep that font out of your damned mouth! 😂
All the emergency signs in my old office were in comic sans. I thought it was rather funny
If you use it while trying to write a paper, you can actually write faster/more easily, so I tried it out myself, switched the font, and it actually did help. I do switch the font back to something more professional if I'm sharing what I wrote, though.
It's not easier to read, I'm not sure where that myth came from. There's fonts specifically designed to be easier to read for dyslexics and they look nothing like comic sans.
Some people just want to make excuses for their questionable typographical decisions I guess.
Some of those fonts are directly inspired by Comic Sans… such as Lexia Readable and you’d be pretty hard pressed to say Dyslexie doesn’t take inspiration from Comic Sans. I have Open Dyslexic on my pc and a few people have made a comment about it being comic sans.
I would rather use Comic Sans than the current trend of all these unreadable fonts people use for labels and signage. https://www.thedesignhippo.com/best-cricut-font/ https://www.creativefabrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20/Meghan-Fonts-34546508-10-580x387.jpg
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Is that Winstone or Winslove?I believe it's Winstone. But based on the lack of actual creativity, and low readability of the font, it might be "Wivhove", or possibly "Lamborghini".
I used it for its true purpose back in the day, for Microsoft Comic Chat.
It's like almost nobody remembers that ... that's a thing that existed.
We tend to suppress traumatic memories, like freeing up lower ram with himem.sys and friends to load Novell NetWare network drivers.
Dear God, it's all coming back to me! 😭
Comic Sans is a bad font because it was one of the first default fonts installed on windows machines and every secretary who wanted to come across as casual used it.
Today, I'd say it's been replaced by the Google font Lobster as overused and unimaginative font choice.
Have you ever read really dense technical material in comic sans? It’s awesome, I recommend it
It helps me read better as someone with dyslexia, I hate the look but it’s useful. I use open dyslexic but it’s basically Comic Sans.
It honestly looks good and feels really charming... when it's within its comfort zone.
It's not as good as Comic Serif.
I don't dislike it but I prefer Anime Ace from Blambot for use in comics.
It's a trash font for trash people.
Good option for dyslexics if no actual dyslexic font exsists
Is comic sans the Taylor Swift of fonts?
I seem to recall that its main issue was that it used more ink when printing. Not sure about that but I print like two documents a year so I havent really checked.
It is good.
made for a very specific reason and got overused in the wrong contexts
Not a fan. Not a fan of system fonts in general.
