+1, I have comic sans, and it is used by our assistants.

"It makes things more fun!" - No it doesn't.

I think my company uses comic sans in some of our advertising (plastered on our service trucks, for example). If not, it's another equally silly typeface that undermines any credibility we might otherwise have had. I did a literal facepalm when I saw it for the first time.

Comic Sans is the typeface equivalent of hitting yourself in the chest with the side of your hand, crossing your eyes and going "dUUUuuerrr*droool*" while trying to bite your own ear.

That is always the exact image that comes into my head as I read it. Don't ever send me anything in Comic Sans.

I'm fond of a nice Garamond myself.

Oh, and fark Microsoft for trying to replace Helvetica with lame-ass Arial. It's not the same thing.

jake_lex: I'm fond of a nice Garamond myself.

Oh, and fark Microsoft for trying to replace Helvetica with lame-ass Arial. It's not the same thing.

Arial blows goats. I have no idea why it's so popular.

I like Palatino Linotype and Tahoma myself.

Comic sans makes me want to hit things.

Jubeebee: I have no idea why it's so popular.

It's popular because when Microsoft were looking for a Sans-Serif font for Windows 3.1 onwards (when TrueType first came on the scene), they went with the cheaper Arial, rather than paying LinoType the licence for Helvetica. Hence, it became the defacto standard.

Fascinating little read on it here.

Jubeebee: Arial blows goats. I have no idea why it's so popular.

because it's usually the default.

Font is interesting.

Steve Jobs took caligraphy in college, which is why he launched the Macintosh, it came with the unique "Chicago" font.



~~~

Also, Stanley Kubrick was obsessed with sans serif fonting

I like Verdana

Comic sans can make anything sound retarded.

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds :)" - J. Robert Oppenheimer

CtrlAltDelete, i just laughed so much i coughed

H should use dingbats.>

I love Comic Sans! I love Comic Sans! Stop picking on Comic Sans!

Gotham? Why so serious?

This article was so stupid it's given me cancer

burndtdan: Jubeebee: Arial blows goats. I have no idea why it's so popular.

because it's usually the default.


I'm starting to like the new default for the MS 2007 suite, Calibri.

TheGreyPiper: I love Comic Sans! I love Comic Sans! Stop picking on Comic Sans!



"Leave Comic Sans alone!!!!"

I'm not sure what font it's part of, but anything with this symbol has to be cool:

jake_lex: Oh, and fark Microsoft for trying to replace Helvetica with lame-ass Arial. It's not the same thing.

For true.

/Palatino, Times New Roman, Helvetica, Futura, Garamond

Treygreen13

It's a good idea to read the thread before posting in it, dumbass.

Seems harmless to me.

Got 3 words for all of you. Times. New. Roman.

Treygreen13

Now why would you go and blow your wad on this thread? Itchy trigger finger?

Damnhippyfreak: burndtdan: Jubeebee: Arial blows goats. I have no idea why it's so popular.

because it's usually the default.


I'm starting to like the new default for the MS 2007 suite, Calibri.

Calibri FTW!!

/Loves Calibri...
//Works in an office that's all Calibri, all the time...

Jubeebee: Arial blows goats. I have no idea why it's so popular.

The law firm I work for puts all its pleadings in Arial. It's not too bad, but Times New Roman is much better.

Helvetica for Mac. Calibri for Windows.

Opiate of the Lasses: Helvetica for Mac. Calibri for Windows.

Abortions for some... tiny miniature flags for others

Sorry about the re-size. Original here (new window).

Cagey B: Treygreen13

It's a good idea to read the thread before posting in it, dumbass.

Did you read TFA?

/graphic designer
/getting a kick out of the thread

Gotham is the only typeface I use...

Treygreen13
You're just a bot at this point, yeah?

http://www.iheartpapyrus.com/ (new window)


/i hate papyrus

Anyone else remember the early 90's Corel font substitution list (swiss=helvitica, copper=cupertino, etc)

I'm really happy those days are gone.

Oh, and my one question is why does Georgia look so good on a Mac but so horrendously bad on Windows?

More gratuitous Comic Sans: The City of Tuttle -- City Manager Jerry A. Taylor [tuttle-ok.gov]

Unright: Treygreen13
You're just a bot at this point, yeah?

Yeah, Unright, I'm just a bot. I went to college to study the media and graphic design, so I could be told to digest all these puff-pieces about Obama's typeface and pretend they're not just campaign messages in disguise.

What do you think is the point of this piece being written, placed in the Opinion column of the New York Times, Greenlit, AND placed in the politics thread?

Treygreen13:

What do you think is the point of this piece being written, placed in the Opinion column of the New York Times, Greenlit, AND placed in the politics thread?

You know, at first I thought you were mildly trolling, but you're right. What is the point? I find fonts very interesting, but I think this article is a total fluff piece.

/I am Canadian, so only a spectator in American politics
//I don't have strong opinions about Hilary or Barack

Comic Sans: one step above Papyrus, one hundred steps below everything else.

You will use exclusively Courier New, and you will damn well like it.

/bunch of weaksauce kids these days, i swear

Treygreen13: Yeah, Unright, I'm just a bot. I went to college to study the media and graphic design, so I could be told to digest all these puff-pieces about Obama's typeface and pretend they're not just campaign messages in disguise.

What do you think is the point of this piece being written, placed in the Opinion column of the New York Times, Greenlit, AND placed in the politics thread?

Alright, alright. You're not a bot. Nobody could program a script to be that asininly angry about the most minute nonsense.

Either use your knowledge of fonts to amuse us or GTFO.

aniktwo: Treygreen13:

What do you think is the point of this piece being written, placed in the Opinion column of the New York Times, Greenlit, AND placed in the politics thread?

You know, at first I thought you were mildly trolling, but you're right. What is the point? I find fonts very interesting, but I think this article is a total fluff piece.

/I am Canadian, so only a spectator in American politics
//I don't have strong opinions about Hilary or Barack

Thank you.

If this article were in Geek (where it belongs) I wouldn't have a problem with it. This is just a puff piece, though. I labor over choosing fonts all day for my job, and even I don't understand why this article needed to be written.

Whoever has their finger on the greenlight button is the one trolling today.

Treygreen13: img246.imageshack.us

Rock out with Barack out!

mrexcess: You will use exclusively Courier New, and you will damn well like it.

/bunch of weaksauce kids these days, i swear

I used to use Courier New when I was writing papers because it took up more room than Times New Roman, so I could fill the page quota faster.

/otherwise, it's ugly as sin!

wow. I never knew there were people who got so worked up over computer fonts and type face settings.

/I'm not so sure that I'm better off for knowing either.