So whats your favourite font?

Praise the Lord - someone else who sees the stupidity of this font! I'm so happy to see a site dedicated to banning it!

I *regularly* see this font used where I work (a blue chip bank) in official and serious business emails from manager. It's beyond me how people think that it's a suitable font for anything other than (duh) comic text. Although, often I find its use belies the author?s incompetence in grammar and spelling, too.

I'm now just waiting to see a redundancy notice written in it.

Comic Sans and all who use it must die.

That's hilarious. I was reading and agreeing that comic sans has its place, not in the serious written tone places....and I looked over at an advertising sheet that I made, and lo and behold....comic sans....OMG! I guess it doesn't look very serious or professional does it? I'll think twice before doing that again with business stuff. However, I did write a book for kids and used it there. It's a kid friendly font I feel. It just looks closer to actual hand printing than anything else.

A certain blood relative of mine thinks Comic Sans is the perfect font for VB.NET code....he says it "just looks right" (and I don't believe he has any strong love of Comic Sans as a font - if you know what I mean).

I use Comic Sans for programming. One day I got sick of trying to distinguish { from ( from [, or . from , or 1 from l in my code, so I wrote out a string of commonly obscured symbols and tested it in about 30 different fonts. Comic Sans won, and I've been using it in my code ever since. I have never used it anywhere else. The lighthearted feel of it makes those long coding sessions a little less oppressive as well.

>I use Comic Sans for programming.
Ditto, a conclusion reached by the same method for the same reason. Besides, happy code has fewer bugs ;-)

> I use Comic Sans for programming
> Ditto, a conclusion reached by the same method for the same reason.

Are you guys serious??

I LOVE COMIC SANS. IT IS THE FONT OF THE GODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ALSO LIKE TO PROGRAM IN IT, BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD! HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE! YOU'RE ALL WINNERS!!!! LOVE DERICK CHRIS MIDDLETON

There are many locations where Comic Sans should never be used, including serious business emails and programming.

However, as a teacher, I use it frequently in the kids' worksheets. This is where it has genuine use, as it familiarises itself to them and stop blocks of text looking so...dry.

It's easy to read for all but the most dyslexic too.

thanks for designed "Comic Sans".

"If you love Comic Sans, you dont know much about typography and if you hate it you really dont know much about typography and should get another hobby" - Vincent Connare 2004

Shaun's quote is from this great interview with Vincent, which is almost all about Comic Sans:

https://www.manic.com.sg/blog/archives/000118.php

It's his "freebird".

This is funny, because I've actually had this thought myself on several occasions. I saw it as the font on some companies sign the other day while I was out, and was thinking to myself "Who would actually use Comic Sans in any circumstance other than some kind of joke?"

Mike-- so true. I have to bust out my favorite quote here:

> [Using Comic Sans] is analogous to showing up for a black tie event in a clown costume.

That one just kills me every time. Man.

Instead of using the overused Comic Sans MS, use fonts suchas Chalk, Action Man, or Anime Ace.

Did you know that there's a font called "I Hate Comic Sans"?

My wife teaches at a University (which will remain anonymous) where her boss insists all documents written on a computer must be in 18pt Comic Sans and in a colour other than black, so that any dyslexic students will be able to read them more easily.

I wonder what these dyslexic students make of this policy.

Text in Comic sans may indeed be better for dyslexic people.

At https://www.disability-office.ed.ac.uk/ the font is offered as an option.

wow thats sad, you have nothing better to do than to try to ban a font. Im sorry but get a life!!!

Comic Sans on-- I kid you not-- a tombstone.

https://earz-mag.com/2007/March/Why_Ban_Comic_Sans.html

Dude, if all the stupid things in the world are banned -- comic sans being one of them, then where's all the fun?

I understand that comic sans should never be used to, oh I dont know, write a term paper. BUT I use it, and only it, in my personal blog.
I <3 comic sans!
lol

The lamest part about comic sans is that it has really no relationship to true "comic" lettering. Which makes it ever so the much sadder when budding webcomics artists use it (even those who eventually make it big -- https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/04/22).

Comic Sans should have a different name. Personally I prefer "Lame-o sans" but something less judgmental might be acceptable too ("Child's handwriting sans").

(I assume that any webcomics artists worth their weight in salt know that there is no excuse not to use Blambot fonts -- https://www.blambot.com/)

I don't know, I kind of like it myself. Particularly for to-do lists. I find it clear and easy to read. I also use it for programming sometimes. Probably wouldn't use it for an official memo though.

"IT IS THE FONT OF THE GODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

AMEN!!!! PREACH IT, BROTHER!!!!!!

GUYS! COME QUICK! I FOUND THE SON OF A BITCH THAT INVENTED COMIC SANS!
https://achewood.com/index.php?date=07052007

COMIC SANS IS AWSOME. GET A LIFE

Comic Sans is fine as a basic comicbook or child's handwriting simulation font. Anyone who says it isn't is blind.

Ban Comic Sans was a joke. It appears that it's becoming a joke that's being taken too far...

I recently found this blog and I've been enjoying reading it for the last few days. Glad to hear there are at least some sane people out there that realize Comic Sans MS is being grossly abused. You, sir, have earned my respect.

@Timbo: Yes, Ban Comic Sans was a joke, but only the Ban part. They don't think it should be banned; they think people should get a sense of typography and stop using Comic Sans MS where it is obviously inappropriate.

@everyone that uses Comic Sans MS for programming (or anything for that matter): what the hell is wrong with you? If I ever saw anyone programming in Comic Sans MS I'd have to supress urges of crashing their monitor into their faces.

Damn are your lives that pathetic that you take the time to express deep dislike for something the creator clearly state's its purpose. Why don't you people design a font of your own and stop complaining about another person's cotribution to society! Or complaine to the dumbasses your obviously socializing with whom use the text innapropriately!!!

Got yr comic serif right here: https://www.ministryoftype.co.uk/words/article/comic_serif/

hahah!

Jeff, I just commented on a related post which you'll no doubt be aware of. Strangely enough, that instructor I mentioned in that comment that like his Comic Sans is commonly referred to as the God of our university's CS department.

Comical post. :D

you muppets this font is easy fo for with dyslexia to read and I use it to support learners in lectures

I love comic sans ms so anyone who thinks it sucks then you suck

I love comic sans ms so anyone who thinks it sucks you suck

Showing up for a black tie event in a clown costume is the coolest thing in the world. This is why I love comic sans (but never use it just like I would never dress as a clown ever, I'm not cool enough to pull it out).

>> I use Comic Sans for programming

Me, too. Other fonts either look good only at the wrong sizes (e.g.: Monaco) or look boring. Maybe I like Comic Sans because it resembles handwriting, without being too clumsy.

I've used Comic Sans for years for displaying email. The font is whimsical and very easy to read. If a missive is light-hearted, it adds to the lightness. If the missive is bleak and stern, at least Comic Sans alleviates some of the tension.

Years ago, the News & Observer newspaper in Raleigh, North Carolina, used as a headline font a serif body type that was grossly enlarged. I very much liked the look, as the serifs were rounded and pleasing to the eye. The N&O then switched to a font designed for headlines, a font with lots of harsh serifs. I absolutely hated the new look.

The world, and reality, are sometimes harsh. Why flagellate ourselves with stern, formal fonts like only an anal-retentive could love?