I was going to make a post on unpopular opinions saying comic sans is not as bad as people make it out to be and can be useful in some cases since it is easier to read. But decided not to because I wasnt sure kbin/lemmy felt about it.
All the emergency signs in my old office were in comic sans. I thought it was rather funny
It’s a trash font for trash people.
I very much associate it with the kind of person in the corporate environment who says things like “does somebody have a case of the Mondays?”
Hating comic sans is a meme. It was overused and thus received backlash, and now the backlash has been going on longer that the trend it was in response to.
True it was overused at one point. I guess a lot of the hate is just exaggerated from people getting annoyed how much it showed up in resumes and official documents as well as being used by amateur graphics designers . Which is fair. The font itself I think still serves a purpose when used correctly.
The trend was like 3 years, and the hate has been going on for like 25 years.
The trend has never stopped where I’m from. The hate is burning as bright as ever.
The monospaced version is the best terminal font I’ve ever used. I can find information on the screen way faster.
Yes! I came here to shill for Comic Mono! I don’t use any other monospace fonts since I started with it.
wtf I kinda love this. Thanks for sharing!
Comic Code is also great
I don’t really use it for anything. Though I imagine it would would make it easier to read having comic sans in white on a dark terminal.
I use monospaced comic sans for programming. The font is just easier on the eyes.
Good option for dyslexics if no actual dyslexic font exsists
I used it for its true purpose back in the day, for Microsoft Comic Chat.
It’s like almost nobody remembers that … that’s a thing that existed.
We tend to suppress traumatic memories, like freeing up lower ram with himem.sys and friends to load Novell NetWare network drivers.
Dear God, it’s all coming back to me! 😭
It’s not easier to read, I’m not sure where that myth came from. There’s fonts specifically designed to be easier to read for dyslexics and they look nothing like comic sans.
Some people just want to make excuses for their questionable typographical decisions I guess.
Some of those fonts are directly inspired by Comic Sans… such as Lexia Readable and you’d be pretty hard pressed to say Dyslexie doesn’t take inspiration from Comic Sans. I have Open Dyslexic on my pc and a few people have made a comment about it being comic sans.
Keep that font out of your damned mouth! 😂
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I seem to recall that its main issue was that it used more ink when printing. Not sure about that but I print like two documents a year so I havent really checked.
Avoid it when you want to be taken seriously.
Not a fan. Not a fan of system fonts in general.
It helps me read better as someone with dyslexia, I hate the look but it’s useful. I use open dyslexic but it’s basically Comic Sans.
It’s not as good as Comic Serif.
