When should you use Comic Sans? [diagram]
Shared by Zee on October 18, 2009
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I wish Apple would pay attention to this site. Comic Sans is the font used in the Notes application on the iPhone, and it drives me nuts.
sorry paul….actually the font apple uses is Marker felt. not comic sans.
Marker Felt is only a few thousand times nicer than Comic Sans.
That may be true but a few thousand times zero is still zero.
Fantastic! Should make a t-shirt with that on!
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Lo cierto es que fea, fea, no es, pero las hay que son mucho mejores (No me pregunteís cual, pues no lo sé, pero seguro que hay una más bonita) y son menos utilizadas o directamente desconocidas
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I think it was the cookies.
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bancomicsans.com
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As unprofessional as Comic Sans may be for most purposes, teachers love it because it does a reasonable job of emulating hand-written print–thus allowing them to create samples for kids.
Yes, it has been over-used in recent years, and a growing numbers of followers are jumping on the bandwagon to ban it, but this much maligned typeface does have a place.
Designers have to find something to complain about. Some years ago it was Helvetica; now Helvetica is coming back. Garamond, Palatino, Bodoni — all had their heyday and will be back. Comic Sans is good for youngsters and a few wall posters and such, not a document full of type! We all have our favorites and those that we do not like. Sorta funny to see how many followers a complainer can gain.
I am an ESL/EFL teacher for kids and I use it only when I am making stuff for the kids – the ‘a’ looks like a handwritten ‘a’ – that’s all. I’d never use it for anything else. You see it all over the place, though, along with misplaced apostrophes and MS Office’s horrible Word Art and Clip Art.
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Brilliant! And very true. #justsaynotocomicsans
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Verdana Rulezzzzz!
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I love Comic Sans! I’m gonna start right away reprinting the Bible in Comic Sans!
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Jajaja muy bueno. Jajaja me rei dos veces.
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people complain about such useless shite
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There are so much evil trojans, bootkits and virusses but none of them did the essential: remove Comic Sans and leave everything else as it is.
Yeah, because ugly overused typefaces are among the biggest problems we face today.