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Seriously folks, for years I've been using Comic Sans Serif as my default font but then some of you made smarmy comments about that. I hid my use of it but y'all made me feel paranoid (and that's one neurosis I don't need).
So why do folks hate Comic Sans Serif?
[Edited by bevissimo on 12/12/2006 1:50:41 AM]
On 12/10/2006 1:10:23 PM, MasterGnu said:
Cause it is comic sans.
Okay, usually I understand things pretty easily, but this one is throwing me for a loop.
It's just a font, a nice, friendly font. What did Comic Sans Serif ever do to you? Was your heart broken by someone who used that font? Did you get hate mail in that font?
It's just an innocent little font, not responsible for the words displayed in it.
Ban Comic Sans
Partly, for the same reason we shouldn't be using Ariel: It's overused and cliché. Partly, because it's inappropriate for most uses, anywhere. Partly, because it's ugly. That's a big part.
Here's a general rule of design that I use: Don't use any font that comes packaged with Windows. They're all overused.
But especially Comic Sans.
If you really want - and need - a comic font, try Blambot.
Comic Sans was meant for informal use in cartoon-style talk bubbles. An informal font like this just shouldn't be used for captions or regular text. It would be a waste of hundreds of years of typographic development that went into all those fonts that are actually pleasing to the eye and properly readable. Add to that that Comic Sans is being incredibly overused makes that using it just shouts 'unprofessional!'
So really, it's just your rage against Microsoft and Windows, and you're picking on the poor little font because, most probably, you didn't think it up yourself.
GET OVER IT.
So, what is considered the most professional font? I hate most of them because they're too friggin conservative.
[Edited by User on 12/10/2006 1:20:12 PM]
On 12/10/2006 1:19:11 PM, bevissimo said:
So really, it's just your rage against Microsoft and Windows, and you're picking on the poor little font because, most probably, you didn't think it up yourself.
GET OVER IT.
So, what is considered the most professional font? I hate most of them because they're too friggin conservative.
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Nope, not at all. It's just overused, as are most of the "default" fonts.
"Most professional." Impossible to answer. But I know that there are millions of fonts out there, don't get stuck in the old "Times/Ariel/Comic Sans" rut!
[Edited by User on 12/10/2006 1:22:54 PM]
On 12/10/2006 1:19:11 PM, bevissimo said:
So really, it's just your rage against Microsoft and Windows, and you're picking on the poor little font because, most probably, you didn't think it up yourself.
No.
So, what is considered the most professional font? I hate most of them because they're too friggin conservative.
Most professional for what, exactly?
Letters, newspapers, captions, menus, advertisements all can require a different font. You have to take into account your audience as well.
Also be aware that what you call conservative many other people would call "readable". If it's just for a letter or something, a regular newspaper-like font will do just fine. Don't use any comic book fonts unless you are writing a comic book or something exclusively for children.
The thing is probably not the font itself, as many says it is great for the purpose it was created, as a comic font. But people tend to use it in letters, in restaurant menu's, instructions and a lot of other things where it is just plain ugly and doesn't fit at all!
Comic Sans is for small business secretaries who try to liven up the office newsletter, only to become fired for spending too much time yapping on the phone instead of keeping current with design flow, marketing, and professional typography. It just screams "I just got this computer last week and discovered this most endearing little font that I hope hasn't been overused by others but I'm too unaware to know."
Yeah, I know that sounds all personal, but that's the impression it gives. That and Comic Sans said something unforgivable about my mother once.
Newsflash: Papyrus is the new Comic Sans. No, it doesn't make your coffee shop or spa logo any more hip and trendy than Comic Sans makes your emails more inviting.
Okay, whatever. I've now changed my default font to Georgia; is that one okay?
God, this is why I was never one of the cool kids. But look, I'm starting to assimilate.
Damn you, Worthians! I have bent to peer pressure.
God, I may need to find a therapist. My last one quit.
On 12/10/2006 1:44:17 PM, bevissimo said:
Okay, whatever. I've now changed my default font to Georgia; is that one okay?
YES!!!! GEORGIA RULZ.
Well, to me anyway...I've just started to notice how I can't type an email or post a blog unless I'm using Georgia. Not sure why. I think I may have a problem.
:)
On 12/10/2006 1:41:17 PM, loremipsum said:
Newsflash: Papyrus is the new Comic Sans. No, it doesn't make your coffee shop or spa logo any more hip and trendy than Comic Sans makes your emails more inviting.
OMG, YES...Good call.
:P
Bev, what were you using comic sans for, anyway? I mean, do you use it in newsletters, for fliers, in email, or what? Comic sans is like pink paper. Both have their uses, but neither have a place in professional settings, no matter what Reese Witherspoon says.
[Edited by User on 12/10/2006 1:56:27 PM]
