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By: kim

kim — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:07:43 +0000

I hate comic sans too but ….sigh! /Its recommended by the dyslexia society and for those with sight issues as one of the most readable fonts by a long mark. In fact i have a client who insists that everything – and i mean everything is designed in comic sans. She runs an accessible workshop and has come under pressure herself to switch to it by her funding body. Comic sans is the most readable font and i wish it was a joke :)

By: Aronil

Aronil — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:04:13 +0000

aii yyai yai. Never use comic sans aiii. It’s an absolute eyesore. Only to be used if you wish to go back to the days of your elementary days.. in fact not even then.. it was the time when one is prenatal lol.

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By: Cristhian Bedon

Cristhian Bedon — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:43:19 +0000

I seen this coming…

By: Rob MacKay

Rob MacKay — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:44:19 +0000

Awww im gutted I missed it!

By: jen

jen — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:58:37 +0000

you should have done papyrus!! i hate that font way more than comic sans.

By: Joel Drapper

Joel Drapper — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:57:54 +0000

How can you use comic sans on a design blog?!

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:25:12 +0000

Comic Sans is no joke! I had a client change the text on the website, I created for him, to Comic Sans. I then changed it back to see if he would notice and the next day it was back to Comic Sans. I’ve removed that website from my portfolio now!!

Nice April Fools (I missed it by 10 hours!)

By: Callum Chapman

Callum Chapman — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:15:52 +0000

hahaa thankfully, by time i got on google reader, this post existed – think i might have had a heart attack otherwise!

By: Jacob Cass

Jacob Cass — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:15:25 +0000

@Graham,
Yup even linked to it in the article above. I only had a few thousand subscribers back then so I thought I would do it again… I was tempted to do Papyrus this year but thought Comic Sans was still more appropriate.

@Jose,
Hehe, I could have but I thought changing my logo’s typeface to Comic Sans was enough!

By: Jose Palacios

Jose Palacios — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:48:53 +0000

Aww man! It was just a joke?!?! I was going to recomend that you add a swoosh to your logo. You should also somehow make it look shiny. Turn that baby into a web 2.0 logo! -SIKE! Happy April fools (you had me for a sec until I read the comments)

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:45:53 +0000

Is it just me or did you do this last year? :p

By: Erika

Erika — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:40:51 +0000

All I can say is that I’m glad I missed the original, LOL.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:29:19 +0000

But I LOVED the comic sans!

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