What's wrong with Comic Sans?
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Yes I have no shame.
Not at all, just... weird.
Oooh, shiny!
At school (English teacher) we only allow either Times New Roman or Arial on papers. I use Times New Roman for handouts to my students, but use Arial for overheads (the rounded letters stand out more on an overhead).
I think I used Comic Sans once or twice for text on an avatar. That's about it!
I think I used Comic Sans once or twice for text on an avatar. That's about it!
Copperplate looks great on lawyers' letterheads. In fact, it makes EVERYTHING look like a lawyer's letterhead.
Love the Star Trek font--but the only time I'd probably use it is if I'm doing something about the original Star Trek series or Star Trek XI (in other words, hardly ever).
As far as Comic Sans, I don't hate it all. Of course, I don't use it all that much unless I just happen to be writing about comic books, superheroes, or something to that effect, and even then I use it solely to caption a comic book illustration, but not as actual text in a document.
I believe there's a font for every occasion. For plain text, I tend to favor Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, or even MS Sans Serif.
As far as Comic Sans, I don't hate it all. Of course, I don't use it all that much unless I just happen to be writing about comic books, superheroes, or something to that effect, and even then I use it solely to caption a comic book illustration, but not as actual text in a document.
I believe there's a font for every occasion. For plain text, I tend to favor Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, or even MS Sans Serif.
Why so serious? 
I use Comic Sans, with a nice blue color, as my font in the IM utility at work, to put people at ease. Of course, in my own cartoons, I have better fonts to use, but they're not loaded on everyone's system.
I use Comic Sans, with a nice blue color, as my font in the IM utility at work, to put people at ease. Of course, in my own cartoons, I have better fonts to use, but they're not loaded on everyone's system.
Comic Sans. Bah!
Todd Klein, the Eisner Award-winning comic book letterer, explained the myriad problems with the font, though he's mainly approaching it from a comic book perspective. The main problem with Comic Sans is that it draws attention to itself, just by looking at it.
As for my own font choice, I use Palatino Linotype. I used to use close cousin Book Antiqua. I won't use Times New Roman.
Todd Klein, the Eisner Award-winning comic book letterer, explained the myriad problems with the font, though he's mainly approaching it from a comic book perspective. The main problem with Comic Sans is that it draws attention to itself, just by looking at it.
As for my own font choice, I use Palatino Linotype. I used to use close cousin Book Antiqua. I won't use Times New Roman.
I really, really don't see any significant difference between those three alphabets.
But now I know what serifs are.
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Garamond is a great font. It also reminds me of a scene in "The Devil's Heart" by Carmen Carter, that speaks of Garamond the High Ruler of the Romulan people. "Garamond the mighty, Garamond the Dead!" (as spoken by J'Ross, his former Queen).
Too much?
