Comments on: Sans Comic http://tomandzoe.com/log/2008/02/sans-comic/ tales of life from North Queensland, Australia Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Timbo http://tomandzoe.com/log/2008/02/sans-comic/#comment-31426 Timbo Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:47:49 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=906#comment-31426 A friend of mine ACTUALLY SUGGESTED that I used Comic Sans as a font for my CV because it was 'Easy to read'. As I'm hoping to work in a design-based environment I think I'll ignore that advice. A friend of mine ACTUALLY SUGGESTED that I used Comic Sans as a font for my CV because it was ‘Easy to read’.

As I’m hoping to work in a design-based environment I think I’ll ignore that advice.

]]> By: Rodders http://tomandzoe.com/log/2008/02/sans-comic/#comment-30889 Rodders Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:34:46 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=906#comment-30889 Well that thing on the bike is not even comic sans. Just for the sake of procrastination I typed the same thing in word, and it doesn't look like that. It's still pretty ugly, but the real comic sans would have been even worse. I agree with you Zoe, I prefer arial. But in this whole academic circus you're supposed to use times new roman for documents and arial only for power point. Otherwise you may get the kind of criticism Dr. Rayner had for the comic sans presentations. Personally I like courier new. It has the retro look and it's easier for analysing dna sequences and nerdy stuff like that. Well that thing on the bike is not even comic sans. Just for the sake of procrastination I typed the same thing in word, and it doesn’t look like that. It’s still pretty ugly, but the real comic sans would have been even worse.

I agree with you Zoe, I prefer arial. But in this whole academic circus you’re supposed to use times new roman for documents and arial only for power point. Otherwise you may get the kind of criticism Dr. Rayner had for the comic sans presentations.

Personally I like courier new. It has the retro look and it’s easier for analysing dna sequences and nerdy stuff like that.

]]> By: zoe http://tomandzoe.com/log/2008/02/sans-comic/#comment-30773 zoe Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:34:03 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=906#comment-30773 humph, anonymous, got a problem with arial, eh? are you on 'srooms!? arial is way better than comic sans! and much much more pleasing to the eye than that clunky and messy piece of crap times new roman. I would 100% prefer to read a paper, receive a report, look at an ad, or anything really, in arial than comic sans OR times new roman. let's not even mention apple chancery, ok? locks, yes, bad photos are a blight on the internets. you should see some of the foodblogs out there with out of focus, over exposed flash-at-night, not to mention blobby slop on plates images. you'd think people would realise at the time that the pic they took was not in focus, and... try again. maybe they didn't have their glasses on? humph, anonymous, got a problem with arial, eh? are you on ’srooms!? arial is way better than comic sans! and much much more pleasing to the eye than that clunky and messy piece of crap times new roman. I would 100% prefer to read a paper, receive a report, look at an ad, or anything really, in arial than comic sans OR times new roman.

let’s not even mention apple chancery, ok?

locks, yes, bad photos are a blight on the internets. you should see some of the foodblogs out there with out of focus, over exposed flash-at-night, not to mention blobby slop on plates images. you’d think people would realise at the time that the pic they took was not in focus, and… try again. maybe they didn’t have their glasses on?

]]> By: lock http://tomandzoe.com/log/2008/02/sans-comic/#comment-30618 lock Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:56:31 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=906#comment-30618 Yes, the font and colour is a gross oversight of taste but you know what really, really gives me the shits in fleabay ads? CRAP PHOTOS!! Look at the 3rd photo in the ad which is trying to be a close-up shot of the rim. It hurts my eyes. Yes, the font and colour is a gross oversight of taste but you know what really, really gives me the shits in fleabay ads? CRAP PHOTOS!! Look at the 3rd photo in the ad which is trying to be a close-up shot of the rim. It hurts my eyes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://tomandzoe.com/log/2008/02/sans-comic/#comment-30600 Anonymous Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:52:56 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=906#comment-30600 Tom, your doubts and concerns are well founded. Comic Sans itself should be given credit for being a reasonable font, on its own. It is people's misuse of this font through bad software, bad spacing, bad line lengths/composition and bad context. It's also the over use which causes this font to be so annoying. However people do the same with Helvetica and it's no where near as annoying. Then again, arial to me, is worse than comic sans. I'm fairly certain though, that comic sans should never be used as a serious commercial font as there are much better alternatives and no good reason to use it. What a douchebag. Tom, your doubts and concerns are well founded. Comic Sans itself should be given credit for being a reasonable font, on its own. It is people’s misuse of this font through bad software, bad spacing, bad line lengths/composition and bad context. It’s also the over use which causes this font to be so annoying.

However people do the same with Helvetica and it’s no where near as annoying. Then again, arial to me, is worse than comic sans. I’m fairly certain though, that comic sans should never be used as a serious commercial font as there are much better alternatives and no good reason to use it.

What a douchebag.

]]> By: Lynn of CTA http://tomandzoe.com/log/2008/02/sans-comic/#comment-30175 Lynn of CTA Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:00:33 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=906#comment-30175 That is just wrong! That is just wrong!

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