to hate people who defend C*m*c S*ans with no facts

[tokyonambu]

So, the BBC have another article, linking to bancomicsans, giving the highlights of the objections to the typographic cancer of our times. In the comments, Louise, a teacher from the West Midlands (hi!) writes:

As a teacher Comic Sans is an easy to read font, especially for pupils with learning difficulties as it is the only font to use a 'hand writing style' letter a.

(My bold).

The only font, eh? Well, I'm not sure why an "a" with a simple downstroke is the sine qua non of easy reading, nor that you shouldn't aim for people to be able to read common fonts. But it's not true anyway: Century Gothic, or, if we want something everyone has seen Futura. Which is now used for Ikea catalogues, hence its ubiquity.

There are plenty of reasons to ignore Comic Sans snobs, although I confess there was a time when I had my email filters set to automatically discard any message that used it on the grounds that it was probably from an idiot. But please, find a better excuse than "I think fonts should have this magic property and it's the only one".

Really? People really spend time getting annoyed about fonts? Jaysus. I've heard it all now.

I read the BBC article earlier and just can't understand how people can get so worked up about this. I do realise some of it is tongue in cheek but to set your email filters to discard any message using it just suggest you are a complete loon.

WTF

Some people really, really, really need to get a life.

Oi! You're not my son's dad are you Tokyo?
I like Comic Sans. I use it. Because I make novelty badges, keyrings, fridgemagnets etc and sometimes it;s the perfect font for a silly slogan. I can't be arsed with endless variations on sans serif fonts that all look exactly the same, like most makes of car these days.

Someone should tell Louise about the Sassoon Infant fonts, if she's worried about fonts looking like what they're trying to teach in writing.

Wot ChippingIn said.

I always understood that serif fonts like Times New Roman were meant to be easier to read than san-serif fonts (shrug). But otherwise can't say the proliferation of comic sans particularly bothers me.....

I DESPISE Comic Sans

Comic Sans is the work of the devil. [hangry]

But, if we ban Comic Sans, then only criminals will have Comic Sans.

or something.

Uh?

Fontsnobbery

I'm up for that :)

What thx1138 and ChippingIn said. Madness.

Teach a class of boys who are with you Toyoko. The height of naffness, so I've been told. One even gave his GCSE talk about Comic Sans, although admittedly he sees hacking as a legitimate hobby; nobody collects stamps any more.

I agree, I much prefer to see stuff written in Curlz.

It gives it that touch of class that Comic Sans is missing.

Sorry re awful typos, am hampered.

WTF is wrong with Comic Sans?
I personally dislike Times New Roman

I will ignore this thread on the grounds that it was probably started by an idiot.

I can't believe the strength of (negative)feelings that some people have against a font .

Do you people also get mortally offended by the colour of a front door 2 streets away? Or have stress induced migraines because your cooker has an odd number of buttons on it?

PMSL

Sahll I annoy you all by saying that I'm a Monotype Corsiva girl?

That looks like handwriting should look to me!

Hate Comic Sans - font for small children only!!

I think the OP was tongue in cheek.

*Shall, obviously....

That'll teach me to answer the phone and type!

TheMeow -lol at the Curlz font.

Perfect for the hairdressers with a name like CrazeeCutz

Love the idea of blocking ComicSans email [hgrin]

I use Trebuchet or Tahoma for most things - what does that say about me? Don't have Futura at work.

As a student I used Futura for assignments - then experimented with Times New Roman and my grades improved. [hconfused]