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Why is Comic Sans disliked so much? Comic Sans is a very popular font and many people dislike it. Websites like bancomicsans.com are saying that it is overused, I dislike comic sans a bit for this reason but are there any other reasons that you can think of. I also like this article from the BBC about Comic Sans. 
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The main reason is that it's used where it doesn't belong by SO many people, because they don't know better. It's like the IE6 of typography. Choosing and/or creating fonts is a big branch of typography (which is a branch of design), and Comic Sans MS is considered very unattractive and not very functional (other than readable, it's really not that pretty). This article explains overused and over the top fonts it satirically well. The font that you use is part of the impression you give the reader. A serious sentence with a "comic" font does not fulfill it's purpose. Would you e-mail salary reports to your boss in Comic Sans? In Papyrus? |
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I assume it's because many professionals likely view it as a unprofessional font. I agree in that sense, but otherwise, I have no problems with that font & think it's fairly easy to read. |
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I think people find it hard to read. 3
How? Only way it's hard to read is if the font size is too small....same with ANY font. Comic Sans is a much bolder font than most, and that's BEFORE you actually "bold" it. Therefore, it's a lot "easier" to read than some of those really skinny, thin narrow fonts. I'm sorry, but I don't find "hard to read" a valid argument. I don't think it is hard to read but I bet some people do. 2
Eh. I just think it's some "cool figure" that made a comment about not liking CS so everyone else had to follow because "god said he didn't like CS so we shouldn't either". I think that's all it is. 1
It's more than that, thus I don't remember just one famous person bashing it, it's more like every designer that has respect for himself would never, EVER, use Comic Sans on anything. It's like Jar Jar Binks. Comic relief? Meh. Would you go back in time and erase him from the original Star Wars script? ABSOLUTELY! Wow. How did we get from comic sans to Star Wars.
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i don't use Comic Sans, but to be honest when i'm writing a Document in word i don't change the text font i use what ever is selected. |
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