Topic: What is actually objectively wrong with comic sans?
Meta the Mad Meddling Mod !ZbiiXDH5hI started this discussion 9 years ago #60,301
Please explain it to me.
brie !kGoudaMCFA joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #765,176
nothing but people use it wrong
Becky joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #765,179
I am a fonts geek lol
hot toddy joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 15 seconds later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #765,180
is comic sans worse than papyrus
The Witch Doctor !6W1Zpe4MCM joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 13 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #765,197
The kerning is all off.
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #765,265
It's shitty to look at. Look at the way it makes a letter D for instance. What the fuck is wrong the fucker who drew that, fuckin retard
Meta replied with this 9 years ago, 6 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #765,271
@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
It's supposed to look like comic books which are aimed at like age 5-10 year olds.
It's supposed to look like comic books which are aimed at like age 5-10 year olds.
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 9 years ago, 43 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #765,288
@previous (Meta)
I grew up with kids' comic books, Archies and shit, newspaper comic strips, paperbacks of Charlie Brown and a dozen others, and Comic Sans doesn't look right if that's what it's tring to be.
I grew up with kids' comic books, Archies and shit, newspaper comic strips, paperbacks of Charlie Brown and a dozen others, and Comic Sans doesn't look right if that's what it's tring to be.
Sheila LaBoof double-posted this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #765,289
Here's a classic example. Look at the letter D examples: much nicer and not deformed.Sheila LaBoof triple-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #765,290
Also note the letter H. The center bar is good and straight, unlike the Comic Sans sloppy 25 degree angle.(Edited 4 minutes later.)
Meta replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #765,291
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #765,292
Sheila LaBoof double-posted this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #765,294
Here is a sample of Comic Sans in the wild:dreamworks !vJwW0tsPXQ joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 28 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #765,320
@765,265 (Sheila LaBoof)
> It's shitty to look at. Look at the way it makes a letter D for instance. What the fuck is wrong the fucker who drew that, fuckin retard
This
> It's shitty to look at. Look at the way it makes a letter D for instance. What the fuck is wrong the fucker who drew that, fuckin retard
This
dreamworks !vJwW0tsPXQ double-posted this 9 years ago, 53 seconds later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #765,321
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 9 years ago, 29 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #765,329
@previous (dreamworks !vJwW0tsPXQ)
haha I didn't even think of it as anything more than a sound effect, but it must be a variation on "Extra!" that newspaper guys selling special printings in the street would shout. I heard of "Extree" but never "Wuxtry" though
haha I didn't even think of it as anything more than a sound effect, but it must be a variation on "Extra!" that newspaper guys selling special printings in the street would shout. I heard of "Extree" but never "Wuxtry" though
(Edited 1 minute later.)