is it weird how I could tell the difference between the apple imitation and the Microsoft's original version (noticed it right after I read the "If")? In all honesty, I think that the apple version has a little bit more balance and neatness to it, but I have nothing against comic sans. I guess I qualify as a mediocre, amateur designer, since I dabble with design often out of fun, even earned money from it a few times, but I am not sure if my naive opinion counts.
Why I created Comic Sans
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Re: Why I created Comic Sans
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
No one has ever been fired for choosing Times ;) Seriously, people don't care and they don't choose Time as much as it is either the default or the only font they know of. And honestly, I use the default pretty much all the time (which seldom is Times nowadays). Back in early school I was told Verdana was better and since it was more spacious that made a strong argument for it as well, since it was easier to fill a p…
Verdana is the font I'm reading these comments in.
This bring up a good point. When reading documents (not so much posters, etc), I'd rather put the user in control of the display font. They can choose whatever is easiest for them to read, and it's uniform everywhere they go. For example, a friend of mine has his firefox set to use a fixed-width font on all pages. This is something no graphic designer would ever do, but he likes it.
Re: Why I created Comic Sans
#123Now I've read that article I can clearly hear myself saying "Comic Sans is the typeface of a talking dog" countless times over the next rest of my life.
Re: Why I created Comic Sans
#124Comic Sans as a font needs no defense. Just like a good band with bad fans, we don't balk at Comic Sans, we balk at the people who use comic sans for inappropriate things. (Or to use a more computery analogy, there's nothing wrong with capital letters or all-caps, but some users use them inappropriately). City memo minutes should not be distributed in Comic Sans. Wedding invitations should probably not be in Comic Sa…
"There are times when you do not want to be unserious and insincere, and some people are, and its embarrassing. Comic Sans is just a vector for that, but if you find fault with it, its still the people who are at fault."
I don't understand what this means, could you clarify please?
I love your Surrey Police links and comments. I'm not sure if it's in poor taste to laugh, but frankly I find them hysterical!
Re: Why I created Comic Sans
#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which font would you have used?
Something with more gravitas. Palatino?
How about Trajan, the Movie Font?
Re: Why I created Comic Sans
#126Comic Sans as a font needs no defense. Just like a good band with bad fans, we don't balk at Comic Sans, we balk at the people who use comic sans for inappropriate things. (Or to use a more computery analogy, there's nothing wrong with capital letters or all-caps, but some users use them inappropriately). City memo minutes should not be distributed in Comic Sans. Wedding invitations should probably not be in Comic Sa…
> there's nothing wrong with capital letters or all-caps
In the transportation world, all-caps is known to be harder to read than mixed-case in fixed-message signs:
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/5892/is-all-caps...
All-caps is also generally less legible than all-lower-case:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_caps (in particular reference 7, Tinker, Miles A. (1963). Legibility of Print. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press. p. 65. ISBN 6316674.)
My point is that it isn't just a matter of taste. There are known, quantified ways in which all-caps is worse. Ditto Comic Sans, if you read another response to your post.
Re: Why I created Comic Sans
#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
The study you linked to found that kids read text set in Arial and Comic Sans at the same speed. The kids did indicate they found Comic Sans most attractive, but their options were limited to Times, Courier, Arial and Comic Sans. I'm willing to bet that if Comic Sans had been substituted by any other cartoon or paintbrush font, the result would've been the same. Because kids can't read at high speeds yet, sans serif…
I use Gill Sans on Presentations! Interesting bit of trivia/factoid about Gill Sans!
If you want interesting trivia, try the "personal life" section of Eric Gill's Wikipedia article though I warn you, it may well put you off using his fonts.
Re: Why I created Comic Sans
#128Comic Sans as a font needs no defense. Just like a good band with bad fans, we don't balk at Comic Sans, we balk at the people who use comic sans for inappropriate things. (Or to use a more computery analogy, there's nothing wrong with capital letters or all-caps, but some users use them inappropriately). City memo minutes should not be distributed in Comic Sans. Wedding invitations should probably not be in Comic Sa…
That's just one interpretation. The font in and of itself conveys nothing. It does not convey seriousness or non-seriousness. That's simply _your_ opinion. If people like the font, they should use it. The people who bash it for the sake of bashing are wasting this planet's air doing so.
Re: Why I created Comic Sans
#129Whither Comic Serif?
It exists! (And it's not bad, either.)
Re: Why I created Comic Sans
#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use Gill Sans on Presentations! Interesting bit of trivia/factoid about Gill Sans!
If you want interesting trivia, try the "personal life" section of Eric Gill's Wikipedia article though I warn you, it may well put you off using his fonts.
That bit of trivia about the font creator (as opposed to the font) I definitely didn't need to know. Blecchhh!
I ought to have, (but didn't heed) your warning, and you are so right! Now I am really torn! At what point does one disassociate the person(ality) from the art? (similar to any discussion on Wagner's works today!)
>> it may well put you off using his fonts
I believe you are very right there! I am actually pretty pissed off with the man and his works now!