Caporegime
It's just a horrible janky font. It's always been horrible and it's overuse hasn't helped..
Why does almost everybody seem to hate Comic Sans?
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Soldato
None of the letters look like they're on the same level, it hurts my eyes looking at it
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Comic sans is commonly used in primary schools as there was a study claiming it was more legible by children with learning difficulties due to the shape of the the letter a; it was only compared to times new roman.
It is this association with young children and its ubiquity that is the origin of the hatred.
It is this association with young children and its ubiquity that is the origin of the hatred.
Man of Honour
If you saw my handwriting you would scratch your eyes out of their sockets and eat them!
Now, THAT is genuinely interesting! (In my personal context)
Why do you keep comparing it to your handwriting? Apples and oranges. Your entire perspective on this is wrong. Its wrong due to either inexperience with the computing age, or a naive desire to hold on to the past. Comic sans is not a replacement for hand-writing. It's for children or community billboard ads.
You cannot retain the personal touch of a hand-written letter in computer font. It's impossible. And by using the most overused and easily recognisable font in the world you are not only telling the recipient that they are not worth the time it takes for you to pick a lesser used font, but that you possess the creative flair of a depressed, colour blind tax accountant.
You cannot retain the personal touch of a hand-written letter in computer font. It's impossible. And by using the most overused and easily recognisable font in the world you are not only telling the recipient that they are not worth the time it takes for you to pick a lesser used font, but that you possess the creative flair of a depressed, colour blind tax accountant.
Soldato
Meanwhile...
If Comic Sans were a foodstuff it would be a Pot Noodle.
Terrible looking font, over-used, often inappropriately used, tacky and just plain don't go there.
Yes Comic Sans is informal, but there's heaps of much better informal fonts that don't look like a 5 year old created your document. Have a look at Google Fonts.
Terrible looking font, over-used, often inappropriately used, tacky and just plain don't go there.
Yes Comic Sans is informal, but there's heaps of much better informal fonts that don't look like a 5 year old created your document. Have a look at Google Fonts.
Soldato
Interesting site. What happens when you press the add button on those fonts? Adds them to C:\Windows\Fonts? In the past though, I find that I had to use a 3rd party program to install downloaded fonts E.g. The Font Thing. Worked with Windows 95 all those years ago, but works fine with 64-bit Windows 8 as well.
They're all Open Source fonts, so you can download any of them locally and install them into your Windows fonts folder via your preferred method - either a font manager of some sort, or just right click and choose Install.
More info in the FAQ here.
Soldato
I like Times New Roman personally but, being a Serif font, it is generally best suited to print.
Soldato
I detest it as a font, people who use it should be shot
Soldato
So much this.
First impressions are everything in a CV.
Comedy font = in the shredder.
Commissario
I dislike it because it's not Trebuchet MS.
Man of Honour
My wife is a learning difficulties/speech & language teacher and she uses it every day.
There is a reason why it was invented and that's the reason I hate it when it's used in other places.
There is a reason why it was invented and that's the reason I hate it when it's used in other places.
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