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Oh no now I want to build a whole Arch rice around that font.
...no that's not enough.
we need ComicSansOS
Wow, poor comic sans didn’t deserve all the hate it got
I tried that this morning at work, as a joke.
It was still there when I got off.
Giggity.
I will forever believe the comic sans hate is one of the internet's seemingly random circlejerks, like hating Imagine Dragons.
There were legitimate reasons from a design standpoint. It's badly balanced, the spacing is inconsistent...and it was everywhere.
Funny enough, I suspect what makes it a badly designed font might be why some people with dyslexia have an easier time reading with it. The badly balanced, poor spacing, probably made the letters in the font more distinguishable from one another.
If you (or anyone else that's interested) have the time, I think this article, "Why You Hate Comic Sans," goes over all of it pretty well.
I've heard that too - part of the issue with dyslexia is that it's easy to flip the letters around in your head, when none of the letters look the same, it makes it easier to read. Open Dyslexia is another one that does something similar.
I recently read a review of 1990s pop aesthetics, and it was probably intentional for reasons that resonate with us again. In the 90s, with the advent of omnipresent computers, organic, amateurish handwriting became really popular, and I think that's what comic sans is good at looking like.
i already do that while playing undertale so no losses
I've coded with comic neue https://comicneue.com/ over the last few years. I would definitely recommend it.
That's amazing, I love it. Thanks for linking that!
I…don’t hate it? Why am I not horribly offended by this?
Same thoughts here. Went in expecting to hate it instantly and found that it sort of looked nice.
Yeah, this has me intrigued. May try it out in vscode just for a lark. Possibly actually will be easier to read with some nice shapes...
My original intention was to come here and proclaim that you're a heretic. Having looked at it for a moment, I think that you're onto something here...
Comic Sans is actually really good for dyslexic people. It's why I usually use Comic Sans or Comic Neue when I print stuff out for my dad.
If you like that, check out Recursive Sans & Mono
I wouldn't pick it over Fira Code but it has a bit of whimsy to it that reminds me of Comic Mono.
Really dig that for a new-wave ui
That looks sooooooo nice
Who knew? Just make it monospace.
I came here to get mad but comic sans monospaced looks really good. I'm impressed. I might switch my IDE to this.
Reducing the font-size makes it look pretty great.
Seriously, for coding I use daily Fantasque Sans Mono, which is based on Comic Sans. I love it.
It's interesting that you added serifs and monospacing to a sans serif font. It's almost like comic sans but with all the things that make it comic sans removed.
Well it is Comic Mono after all, not Comic Sans Mono :)
Ngl that is really easy on the eyes. Dammit.
I unironically love Comic Mono. I am not dyslexic, I have good eyesight, but I feel like I can read code so much more easily with it versus most other monospaced fonts.
As long as it's a monospaced font I don't really care what the font is. (Wingdings excluded)
Might give it a try for a day.
I feel like a whole new world has opened its doors to me. I’m using this tomorrow at work.
Yeah, I'm surprised how much I like the look of this. I'm into it.
Great to find another Comic Mono user! It's super easy to read. I've been using it in IDEs / Terminal for a while now.
I've even set up Stylus scripts to use it in GitHub and other sites as I find weird going back to the "normal" code fonts.
Me too man! Been using it for over a year now, coming from Fira Code. It's actually a real enjoyable font to look at.
Need to give this a go at work tomorrow!
Friendship ended with font gatekeeping and dogpiling, accessibility is my new best friend
Saving that font for my e-reader tablet.
Suuuper legible and fast to read.
Oh no, I was ready to pick up my pitchfork, but that is super legible. Brb, I need to go take a look at myself in the mirror...
A dude posted his neofetch on a Linux community and he uses fucking comic sans for his terminal. Probably will rot in hell
That actually looks pretty solid, will have to try it out.
I'm normally quite easy with fonts, for monospace it's usually Fira Code, but for certain tasks I like to use something different.
For instance, terminals usually it's ProFont, and for IRC it's Fantasque Sans. Fantasque Sans is kinda like Comic Sans.
Hmm... maybe I am a bit particular about fonts after all.
First of all, how dare you
Second of all, how dare you
Third of all, at least it isn't papyrus
Goddamn it...
installs the font on his computer
I see serifs. You're a phony! A great big phony!
omfg this is the perfect demo font
This looks way better than it has any right to, I expected to hate this. Now I'm looking at fonts again reevaluating some shit