Everything you ever wanted to know about Comic-Sans...

[Joe]

Fontroversy: What's the Deal with Comic Sans?

I especially love the last sentence of this quote:

"Like the tone of a spoken voice, the characteristics of a typeface convey meaning. The design of the typeface is, in itself, its voice. Often this voice speaks louder than the text itself. Thus, when designing a "Do Not Enter" sign the use of a heavy-​​stroked, attention-​​commanding font such as Impact or Arial Black is appropriate. Typesetting such a message in Comic Sans would be ludicrous. Though this is sort of misuse is frequent, it is unjustified. Clearly, Comic Sans as a voice conveys silliness, childish naivete, irreverence, and is far too casual for such a purpose. It is analogous to showing up for a black tie event in a clown costume."

 

[David]

bring on the gnub...

[gnubler]

I'm here.

Got a Powerpoint "print file" yesterday. It's a serious invitation for a military change of command event. Opened it on the PC and the whole thing was set in Comic Sans! I was pleased. Then I selected some type and realized it was all supposed to be Monotype Corsiva but Powerpoint gives you absolutely no indication of missing fonts. Nice feature.

Still sticking with Papyrus.

[Greg_Firestone]

Pretty interesting article.

[gnubler]

Even beyond most others; even Papyrus, my personal arch nemesis.

Huh?  :laugh: