Defenders claim that it is easier for dyslexics to read, and that it works well in less formal, typically children's contexts. Many graphic designers dislike Comic Sans due to a history of amateurs using it in contexts where its informal style is inappropriate, simply in order to vary the font away from the standards of Times or Arial styles (two major serifed and non-serifed families of font, respectively). Comic Sans is a mostly sans-serif typeface (hence the “Sans” in the name) designed to look like (non- cursive, or block-style) handwriting, more akin to a basic and unadorned lettering written freehand by thick-nibbed pen, paintbrush, spraycan or chalk/marker upon a blackboard/whiteboard. Of course, this renders the text basically unreadable, or at least you need good imagination and code breaking skills.Īs for the title text, Times New Roman is a widely available and recognized typeface with serifs, being one of the most commonly used fonts of its type. Randall is suggesting a font using only these accent pieces and skipping the "body" of the letters entirely. Fonts that use this visual decoration are called "Serif" fonts, while others do not and are thus "Sans Serif" fonts ("sans" being French for "without"). (In the comic, the first three elements appear to be of such an "A", with the text as a whole appearing to be " Aa Bb Cc Dd"). Rather than mere lines, there are (for example) "feet" put at the bottom of a letter such as A, and possibly also at angles such as its peak. Serifs are ticks, or end-bars, at the ends of lines that make up letters, commonly used in most books and newspapers and also seen in calligraphic lettering (written with a flat-nibbed pen) and signwriting (often painted and detailed with fine brushes). This is a play upon the main difference between serif and sans-serif fonts. Title text: If you ever want to get beaten up by a bunch of graphic designers, try removing the serifs from Times New Roman and adding them to Comic Sans.
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