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Seriously, though, Comic Sans was originally designed to be legible at the smallest possible font size, and the lack of hard lines makes it easier to read!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

⚠️ I have reported this post to the proper authorities.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh no now I want to build a whole Arch rice around that font.

...no that's not enough.

we need ComicSansOS

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Wow, poor comic sans didn’t deserve all the hate it got

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I tried that this morning at work, as a joke.

It was still there when I got off.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I will forever believe the comic sans hate is one of the internet's seemingly random circlejerks, like hating Imagine Dragons.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

i already do that while playing undertale so no losses

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've coded with comic neue https://comicneue.com/ over the last few years. I would definitely recommend it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's amazing, I love it. Thanks for linking that!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I…don’t hate it? Why am I not horribly offended by this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Same thoughts here. Went in expecting to hate it instantly and found that it sort of looked nice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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...

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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...

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Really dig that for a new-wave ui

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That looks sooooooo nice

Who knew? Just make it monospace.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I came here to get mad but comic sans monospaced looks really good. I'm impressed. I might switch my IDE to this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Reducing the font-size makes it look pretty great.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Seriously, for coding I use daily Fantasque Sans Mono, which is based on Comic Sans. I love it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well it is Comic Mono after all, not Comic Sans Mono :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Ngl that is really easy on the eyes. Dammit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is surprisingly not bad...

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like a whole new world has opened its doors to me. I’m using this tomorrow at work.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'm surprised how much I like the look of this. I'm into it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Need to give this a go at work tomorrow!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Friendship ended with font gatekeeping and dogpiling, accessibility is my new best friend

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Saving that font for my e-reader tablet.

Suuuper legible and fast to read.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

A dude posted his neofetch on a Linux community and he uses fucking comic sans for his terminal. Probably will rot in hell

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First of all, how dare you

Second of all, how dare you

Third of all, at least it isn't papyrus

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Goddamn it...

installs the font on his computer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I see serifs. You're a phony! A great big phony!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

omfg this is the perfect demo font

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

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