Comic Sans MS font Poll

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

I hate it - but I used to love it. I used to run an website entirely in it, until people moaned about it being difficult to read, so I switched, and now I see their point.

 

[East End Gull]

Love it!

 

[perth seagull]

I used to like it. But it is now over-used. As previously mentioned, sometimes it can be difficult to read.

 

[Robot Chicken]

depends how big you make it, a reasonable size is easy to read, a webpage made entirely of Comic Sans isn't the wisest thing, though.

 

[timseagull]

Yes it is quite nice



Never really given it much thought until this dreary boxing day
!

 

[coach03]

Love It - But I'm told Arial is best for a CV !

 

[Trigger]

 

[Lord Bracknell]

WHY, Trigger?

It works for comic strip dialogue - which is what it was designed for, but it should be BANNED for all other purposes.

 

[The Large One]

Swiss721BT - Its a BitStream font, very, very nice for professional typesetting - but its also very good on screen.

I delete Comic Sans from my PC's.

Yer wally. Swiss721 is the same font as Helvetica (the clue should be in the name.) Every computer has Helvetica.

It's the most common sans serif font, and used properly in a variety of weights, kerning and expansion, can look very effective. Notable corporate users are

Orange
Ford
BBC News 24

It's just most people don't know how to use it - so it can look very boring.

 

[the full harris]

i don't know what it is called on MS Word but I really like the font they use for the ingredients list on bottles of blue wicked.

 

[SussexSpur]

We speak of very little else in the South Stand at White Hart Lane. . .

Er. . . ?

 

[Lush]

I'm more a kind of Zapf Dingbats kinda girl.

And the rest of you can *@+±§&^ off.

 

[Lady Bracknell]

COMIC SANS?

Yes....it's a proper comedy of a font! But only good for a laugh, not for any typographic purpose! And I speak as a sans-serif supporter...

 

[Cian]

Yer wally. Swiss721 is the same font as Helvetica (the clue should be in the name.) Every computer has Helvetica.

Its not the same font, in the same way that Arial and Helvetica aren't the same font (similarity != the same). Swiss 721 BT was originally an anti-aliased version of Helvetica. Its also cheaper. A *lot* cheaper. Its distributed in the Be Operating System and with Corel vector graphics tools. I use it as my screen font, on my CV, etc. (even though Be intended the f-ugly Dutch801 Bitstream as the screenfont).

 

[Robot Chicken]

Well said MYOB.

 

[beorhthelm]

Comic is for bored receptionist who have nothing better to do than send out little memos to the compnay asking people to keep the fridge clean, tidy up thier desks or not play with the thermostats.

 

[Brovion]

You can't make websites with Swiss721BT as no one has it, so everyone will see the font as Times New Roman.

Only if you're a poor website designer. You can specify which subsitiute fonts to use if the client machine doesn't have your preferred font installed.

PS - I'm ashamed I know that. Us real programmers don't care about stuff like that, we believe that web site design (like tennis) is for poofs and girls. Same for novelty fonts. Well said beorhthelm!

 

[Lady Bracknell]

Comic is for bored receptionist who have nothing better to do than send out little memos to the compnay asking people to keep the fridge clean, tidy up thier desks or not play with the thermostats.

and those lost office souls who actually take pleasure in composing instructions on using the lavs:

Please be thoughtful how you sprinkle
When in here to have a tinkle
Leave things looking nice and sweet
Don't forget to wipe the seat

(no, I didn't make it up! )

 

[fatbadger]

Like it, although I use it sparingly (usually only for the headline on posters I put together for a seminar I run - it's very eye-catching and oh so much better than dull Times/Times New Roman, which is the norm around here)

I use arial for my work.

 

[:J)]

Comic Sans should be banned... along with Arial, Times New Roman (on websites) and Sand (do you PC folks have this). Give me Verdana for web sites any day.