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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Rman on April 20, 2009, 02:23:43 PM

Title: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Rman on April 20, 2009, 02:23:43 PM: Quote
Vincent Connare designed the ubiquitous, bubbly Comic Sans typeface, but he sympathizes with the world-wide movement to ban it.

Mr. Connare has looked on, alternately amused and mortified, as Comic Sans has spread from a software project at Microsoft Corp. 15 years ago to grade-school fliers and holiday newsletters, Disney ads and Beanie Baby tags, business emails, street signs, Bibles, porn sites, gravestones and hospital posters about bowel cancer.

The font, a casual script designed to look like comic-book lettering, is the bane of graphic designers, other aesthetes and Internet geeks. It is a punch line: "Comic Sans walks into a bar, bartender says, 'We don't serve your type.'" On social-messaging site Twitter, complaints about the font pop up every minute or two. An online comic strip shows a gang kicking and swearing at Mr. Connare.

The rest of the article could be found at this link:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123992364819927171.html
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 20, 2009, 02:25:04 PM: (http://m.assetbar.com/achewood/autaux?b=M^a11f09b8576e606bcb5038dfdb92fb821&u=http%3A%2F%2Fachewood.com%2Fcomic.php%3Fdate%3D07052007)
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: tehjaybo on April 20, 2009, 02:26:19 PM: What's wrong with it? I like it.
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Dickie Dee on April 20, 2009, 02:28:21 PM: Quote
"Comic Sans walks into a bar, bartender says, 'We don't serve your type.'"

i lol'd
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Bloodwake on April 20, 2009, 02:53:17 PM: Quote from: tehjaybo on April 20, 2009, 02:26:19 PM
What's wrong with it? I like it.

Either the font is disabled on this board, or I don't have Comic Sans installed on my computer. Either way, both are blessings. SHITTY FONT.
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: demi on April 20, 2009, 02:58:44 PM: Because he used "Comic Sans" when it's "Comic Sans MS"

Stupid Magic nerd
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Crushed on April 20, 2009, 02:59:47 PM: if a comic uses comic sans, it's usually comic sans humor
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 20, 2009, 03:06:08 PM: Quote from: Crushed on April 20, 2009, 02:59:47 PM
if a comic uses comic sans, it's usually comic sans humor

iswydt
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 20, 2009, 03:06:32 PM: best font ever

*・゜゜・*:.:*・゜゜・*:.:*・゜゜・*:.:*・゜゜・*:.:*
sooo professional
*・゜゜・*:.:*・゜゜・*:.:*・゜゜・*:.:*・゜゜・*:.:*
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 20, 2009, 03:07:41 PM: my current favorite font ever is Meiryo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiryo)

ClearType subpixel rendering compatible kanji font :-[
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Bloodwake on April 20, 2009, 03:08:22 PM: EYE RAPE
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 20, 2009, 03:09:16 PM: The Legend of Papyrus
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Barry Egan on April 20, 2009, 03:14:02 PM: Quote from: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 20, 2009, 03:09:16 PM
The Legend of Papyrus

:lol
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: T234 on April 20, 2009, 03:15:41 PM: Fuck yeah.
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Barry Egan on April 20, 2009, 03:22:44 PM: :bow Garamond :bow2
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Crushed on April 20, 2009, 03:24:58 PM: Quote from: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 20, 2009, 03:09:16 PM
The Legend of Papyrus
can any herbal tea or coffee house survive without this font? methinks not
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Bloodwake on April 20, 2009, 03:41:02 PM: Calibri and Cambria are kickass default fonts.
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Reb on April 20, 2009, 04:02:45 PM: Does this work?

Fuck, I love Palatino Linotype, I don't know why.
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: jiji on April 20, 2009, 04:06:54 PM: T RANDS HURF BURF DICKS HUALAGHLHGUALGHAULGHGH
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 20, 2009, 04:22:57 PM: Quote from: Rebiak on April 20, 2009, 04:02:45 PM
Does this work?

Fuck, I love Palatino Linotype, I don't know why.

I feel like I'm falling into the letters as if falling from a great height, weird.
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Reb on April 20, 2009, 04:24:22 PM: Quote from: Father_Mike on April 20, 2009, 04:22:57 PM
Quote from: Rebiak on April 20, 2009, 04:02:45 PM
Does this work?

Fuck, I love Palatino Linotype, I don't know why.

I feel like I'm falling into the letters as if falling from a great height, weird.

Yeaahhhhh 420 brah!!!
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 20, 2009, 04:33:51 PM: System 4 life
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 20, 2009, 04:38:11 PM: Quote from: mojovonio on April 20, 2009, 04:31:16 PM
Verdana is sexy and trendy as fuck.

Meiryo is Japanese Verdana :teehee
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: cloudwalking on April 20, 2009, 06:05:29 PM: :bow :swiss helvetica :swiss :bow2
:bow :swiss frutiger :swiss :bow2
:bow :swiss univers :swiss :bow2
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Fresh Prince on April 20, 2009, 06:59:29 PM: Gill Sans the font for true degenerates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gill#Controversies
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 20, 2009, 07:22:37 PM: :bow Computer Modern Roman :bow2
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 20, 2009, 07:26:30 PM: also

Quote
Mr. Connare says he pulled out the two comic books he had in his office, "The Dark Knight Returns" and "Watchmen," and got to work, inspired by the lettering and using his mouse to draw on a computer screen.

I bet in 30 years DKR and Watchmen will be remembered primarily for inspiring Comic Sans
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Brehvolution on April 20, 2009, 09:39:13 PM: Isn't comic sans one of the "10 things dragging down evilbore" or something pic? Can't find it right now.
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 20, 2009, 10:45:38 PM: I like Palatino Linotype too

Is it okay to like Franklin Gothic?
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Rman on April 20, 2009, 11:36:20 PM: I love Whitney.

(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc24/joseromero81/4-20-200910-35-04PM.png)
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: demi on April 20, 2009, 11:40:01 PM: Bebas baby

(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3784/68110540.png)
(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/8612/92646435.png)
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 21, 2009, 12:05:47 AM: Quote from: Rman on April 20, 2009, 11:36:20 PM
I love Whitney.

(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc24/joseromero81/4-20-200910-35-04PM.png)

wow, that is a fantastic font, downloading. :tophat
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: BlueTsunami on April 21, 2009, 12:34:46 AM: (http://i42.tinypic.com/ivhcgz.jpg)
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: demi on April 21, 2009, 12:44:33 AM: YOU'RE NOT MUCKHOLE
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: muckhole on April 21, 2009, 12:50:28 AM: :lol
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: drew on April 21, 2009, 03:26:57 AM: comic sans isnt even that bad

there are worse fonts out there
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Rman on April 21, 2009, 03:31:25 AM: Quote from: Drewsy on April 21, 2009, 03:26:57 AM
comic sans isnt even that bad

there are worse fonts out there

You're right, but Comic Sans is ubiquitous. You can't avoid if you tried.
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on April 21, 2009, 08:36:14 AM: I don't see much Comic Sans anymore. I had a professor for two classes that loved it and had all of his Power Points in Comic Sans.

These days, papyrus is the enemy. A lot of female coworkers seem to love it. Also people who use emoticons in the professional world need to get fired on the spot.
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: Veidt on April 21, 2009, 08:49:22 AM: MAC font is awesome. Looks like Whitney
Title: Re: Cool little article on Patel's favorite font.
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 21, 2009, 10:32:37 AM: Quote
I don't see much Comic Sans anymore. I had a professor for two classes that loved it and had all of his Power Points in Comic Sans.

this is common among programming language researchers