To loathe Comic Sans with a passion!

[ComposHat]

I had to go into a local primary school last week and the first thing that struck me was the absolute dominance of Comic Sans.. it was everywhere! From the school sign, to labels and signs, every single one of them in this most loathsome of fonts???? It doesn't say 'fun and friendly' to me, it says 'ugly and inelegant.'

My dad (ex primary school teacher) uses it on emails and it drives me mad! I have to convert the text into another font before I can read the thing.

He even sends off relatively formal letters in this type (I've tried explaining that it is like writing a formal letter with a wax crayon, but he pays no heed.)

He's not the only one, when I worked for social services, 'return tpo court' letters (quite a big deal) were sent out in comic sans and a letting agent recently sent out a form for me in Comic sans - it looked child-like and amateurish and I'm having second thoughts about using them.

There's no need for it, even the most basic version of Windows has lots of beautiful fonts to use at the mere click of a mouse, yet people insist on using Comic Sans

Grrrr!

[Hulababy]

I will often use Comic Sans for work purposes. I work in an infant school and not all those lovely fonts referred to in the OP have a proper a. At school we have Sassoon which I prefer - but I don't have it on all the computers I use to do prep on.

[Hulababy]

And yes - we are told it is better for dyslexic children and those struggling to read.

At school most signs are in it, or Sassoon, even those aimed at adults. This is partly for consistency within school - loads of different fonts would look far worse.

[Hulababy]

I work with YOUNG dyslexic children, as we are an infant school - so oldest children are in Y2. Hence why we are recommended to use Comic Sans or Sassoon over fonts like Arial.

[TheCraicDealer]

I got a solicitor's letter through work once written in Comic Sans. I'm sorry to say I immediately assumed they got their LLB in a Happy Meal. It seems to scream, "Look at meeee! I'm FUN, I'm using a FUN font!".

Amazing to think of the vitriol a typeface can provoke. Interesting about the autistic/dyslexia angle, I'll try to be less judgy in future. Not making any promises though.

[Imscarlet]

Whoops! [www.opendyslexic.org] hopefully that one works!

[edam]

I'm glad to say the 'but comic sans is the only typeface suitable for people with dyslexia' myth has been dismissed. Grrrrrrrr.

[Thumbwitch]

Imscarlet, I've tried to get into that website but it's having some troubles - keeps saying it's down! Finally managed it by googling it and going in via another website! opendyslexic.org/ just in case it's working again.

It still has the curly a though, not the handwriting one. I'm not dyslexic myself so can't say whether or not it's going to work for people with dyslexia - but it's not going to be as good for the a.