Comic Sans Hurts My Eyes

[Nobunaga]

... Hoping this is an April Fools thing.

[Timminz]

So soothing...

I hope it's permanent. Comic Sans is a god among fonts.

[Haggis_McMutton]

Until today I didn't really understand the comic sans hate.

I'd just never seen so much of it ... in the same place ...

[BigBallinStalin]

Until today I didn't really understand the comic sans hate.

I'd just never seen so much of it ... in the same place ...

It's all there--just looking at you. And you're looking back.

What's that you feel?

Yes. It's called 'hollowness'.

[2dimes]

I wish they left it up longer. I missed it.

[2dimes]

OK, I switched to my PC lappy, there it is.

[Hnakrapunti]

Its so bad. I really hope this is an April Fools thing.

[DoomYoshi]

Until today I didn't really understand the comic sans hate.

I'd just never seen so much of it ... in the same place ...

I had a physics prof who did all our notes in Comic sans. It was impossible to take seriously.

Also:

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[Symmetry]

Comic Sans excommunication:

http://andreaaustoni.com/2010/10/10/holy-comic-sans/

[Symmetry]

To be absolutely fair to the font though- I've been told by a few people who have dyslexia that it's one of the easiest fonts to read and work with.

[2dimes]

Because the lowercase "a" does not have the thing on the top like most fonts.

[Symmetry]

Because the lowercase "a" does not have the thing on the top like most fonts.

That makes sense, although the impression I got was that most letters were more comprehensible.

[2dimes]

I noticed the letter a thing yesterday right away. There's probably a bunch of things Idid not notice though.

[Gilligan]

I noticed the letter a thing yesterday right away. There's probably a bunch of things Idid not notice though.

mindblown

[Symmetry]

I noticed the letter a thing yesterday right away. There's probably a bunch of things I did not notice though.

From what I was told it's the way that the letters are more clearly separated. Vut yeah, the "a" was a big thing.

[ender516]

I just looked at a sample of Comic Sans and it struck me how much it resembled a good but not perfect rendition of the letters on the cards around the classrooms in the grades before they were replaced with the cursive examples. I wonder how much that affects the dyslexics: these letters look like the first ones they really learned.

[Symmetry]

I just looked at a sample of Comic Sans and it struck me how much it resembled a good but not perfect rendition of the letters on the cards around the classrooms in the grades before they were replaced with the cursive examples. I wonder how much that affects the dyslexics: these letters look like the first ones they really learned.

From what I understand it's the "sans serif" that helps prevent the letters merging into one another. I don't want to pretend expertise on this though.