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Re: Comic Mono

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Post by banjomet »

cs702 wrote: post #24

Comic Sans and its descendants are... indestructible . No matter how much some font designers complain about it, and how often they criticize it, Comic Sans keeps coming back, like the Terminator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans#Reception_and_use_i... Among the most incongruous uses of Comic Sans I've seen, a few stand out: * A plaque on a large statue of a historical figure in a public space: https://www.bi…

I think OpenBSD uses it on purpose in their slides so people won't take them seriously. Just a theory.

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by jancsika »

There's something very pleasing about the monospacing with this particular font.

Font people-- any idea why I would enjoy the aesthetics of the monospaced version so much more than the old variable-width version?

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by snotrockets »

xingyzt wrote: post #45

See also Comic Code: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20533923

I've been using Comic Code for more than a year now. I can't claim any non-placebo improvement, but it is a perfectly good font, not worse than any monospaced font I used before.

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by snotrockets »

fbelzile wrote: post #29
cs702 wrote: post #24

Comic Sans and its descendants are... indestructible . No matter how much some font designers complain about it, and how often they criticize it, Comic Sans keeps coming back, like the Terminator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans#Reception_and_use_i... Among the most incongruous uses of Comic Sans I've seen, a few stand out: * A plaque on a large statue of a historical figure in a public space: https://www.bi…

I can't find where I read this, but I thought Comic Sans makes text easier to read for people with dyslexia. A pretty narrow use-case, I agree, but there's at least one redeeming quality from something so ugly.

There's evidence of this: https://theestablishment.co/hating-comic-sans-is-ableist-bc4...

There are fonts that were actually designed to be dyslexic-friendly, but they tend to be uglier; Comic Sans is a middle ground that doesn't slow non-dyslexics as much.

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by snotrockets »

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #80
fbelzile wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't find where I read this, but I thought Comic Sans makes text easier to read for people with dyslexia. A pretty narrow use-case, I agree, but there's at least one redeeming quality from something so ugly.

apparently not as well as other some other fonts that are generally considered less ugly http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/sites/default/files/good_fonts...

this is not a conclusion of the study you linked to.

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by nbzso »

Kitsch (/kɪtʃ/ KITCH; loanword from German)[a][1] is art or other objects that, generally speaking, appeal to popular rather than "high art" tastes. Such objects are sometimes appreciated in a knowingly ironic or humorous way.[2][3][4] The word was first applied to artwork that was a response to certain divisions of 19th-century art with aesthetics that favored what later art critics would consider to be exaggerated sentimentality and melodrama. Hence, "kitsch art" is closely associated with "sentimental art". Kitsch is also related to the concept of camp, because of its humorous and ironic nature.

Re: Comic Mono

#97

Post by snotrockets »

iakov wrote: post #58
lrossi wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here is a direct link: https://sw46.github.io/pip-book/12.pdf

I think it works very well. Round, but uniform, it reminds me of handwriting on old blueprints.

Adobe Tekton was made to replicate that handwriting: https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/tekton

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by cratermoon »

Bakary wrote: post #2

The end result is a lot more pleasant than I expected it to be before clicking. Other than Helvetica and maybe Times New Roman/Calibri, how many other fonts have had a lasting influence on culture?

Western "cowboy" fonts come to mind.

Wonton, which you have almost certainly seen on an American Chinese restaurant sign or menu.

The jersey letter "Varsity" fonts.

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by loa_in_ »

bane wrote: post #89
nescioquid wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> despite being counseled about it repeatedly For me, this makes it farce. Partly because the guy continues to do it after learning it bugs everyone else, and partly because of the earnestness around what fonts someone uses in office emails. My guess is that you were driven to that level of earnestness. What was it like to have a disagreement with this guy about something that mattered (more)?

The best short descriptive word I can come up with is "absurd". It was clearly part of a carefully crafted social image he was trying to portray. It included signing emails with "wise sayings", fortunes, and platitudes like "let your inner light shine the way for others" and other nonsense, long rambling speeches about how we're all each other's brother, and a bizarre need to try to protect the worst performing emplo…

It seems to me like inability to filter out noise, and that's not fault on his end in my view.

Re: Comic Mono

#100

Post by foolfoolz »

Biganon wrote: post #86
cs702 wrote: post #24

Comic Sans and its descendants are... indestructible . No matter how much some font designers complain about it, and how often they criticize it, Comic Sans keeps coming back, like the Terminator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans#Reception_and_use_i... Among the most incongruous uses of Comic Sans I've seen, a few stand out: * A plaque on a large statue of a historical figure in a public space: https://www.bi…

I've always been quite irritated by the amount of disdain toward Comic Sans. Partly because I feel like this is such an easy target, and people who have just learned 2 or 3 things about typography are very keen on bashing Comic Sans to show off their newly acquired knowledge. Partly because, let's face it, it's not that bad. What it does, it does well, it's pretty legible, no glyph stands out from the general harmony…

i made reading cards for my kids in comic sans because it’s one of the few fonts with the normal lower case a and g
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