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.
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.
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.
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.
It’s acceptable in the following contexts:
- In a comic
- In content designed for children
That’s pretty much it.
No no no no.
It’s also acceptable for presidential speeches. The funny letters have a way of calming the elderly.
Don’t mind the crayons
It’s apparently pretty dyslexic-friendly
As are many other sans serif typefaces.
Comic Sans is better than other sans serif options because letters like b, p, d, and q are more rotationally distinct
People with disabilities really ought to respect your font choices.
So a comic made for children would be the best context for it?
Right tools for the right jobs. The issues arise when it’s out of place.
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.
I use monospaced comic sans for programming. The font is just easier on the eyes.
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.
Avoid it when you want to be taken seriously.
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?”
It’s aight. Just use it for the right stuff, is all.
All the emergency signs in my old office were in comic sans. I thought it was rather funny
I think that it’s a pretty decent typeface – it looks decent and successfully evokes comic book text. But because Microsoft bundled it with its OS, where it was one of the few distinct-looking typefaces, it became overused, got put in a lot of material where it wasn’t really a great choice.
But I won’t blame the typeface for people using it in inappropriate spots.
I used to have a number of typefaces used for various things, but I kind of stopped messing around with decorative fonts once I wanted wide Unicode support.
I don’t think it’s that bad. What matters is that the message can be read.
True a font that is hard to read isn’t very good especially if you are dyslexic.
^ Something that annoys me to no end. I don’t have dyslexia but find handwritings hard to read, and for similar reasons I always write in print, but then I go consult people who write things if there’s a project or I need something written, and nine out of ten times it’s in cursive when it’s not even a formal document, and I’m thinking “is it SO hard for normal people to write in a normal manner and write for understandability instead of bad aesthetics/tradition”. Yet I’m called illiterate because I only write in print.
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.
Have you ever read really dense technical material in comic sans? It’s awesome, I recommend it
There was a time when it was overused. That’s not the case anymore.
I would still be triggered when I see it, but I don’t think the hate is needed anymore.
It is good.
