Death to comic sans.

written by Julie R. Neidlinger      5 comments      link this post     


The Beat Down blog is a secret favorite of mine, and his coverage of the ALL CAPS ISSUE IS A RELEVANT READ.

I'D LIKE TO ADD A FEW THINGS TO THE LIST OF "STUPID THINGS PEOPLE SHOULD QUIT DOING WITH THEIR COMPUTERS" BECAUSE I THINK IT IS NECESSARY.

  1. For the love of all that is good and holy, it is "I" and not "i." Please. Please. Please. Quit being so modest about yourself; you're not that good.
  2. What is "u r" but a twitching of the index fingers on the keyboard?
  3. Then there's this, of course. Which kind of covers numbers one and two above but in a much more rude fashion.
  4. 1337. Just die already.
  5. And of course, the use of Comic Sans. It's the beloved font of teachers and school administration officials and people who think it looks like friendly and approachable handwriting and therefore makes them giggle inside because they are printing out computed documents that look like handwriting except it DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HANDWRITING AT ALL. IT LOOKS STUPID. AND YES, I'M YELLING. Sometimes I just wish the world was all Verdana or Trebuchet, if only to avoid the "whimsy" and "fun" of Comic Sans. Or maybe even boring Garamond. Or Copperplate Gothic. Anything but Comic Sans or it's inbred cousin, Andy. Just seeing Comic Sans anywhere enrages me inside. I can't even form the words to express the anger.
The worst emails I get are in Comic Sans, all caps, bold (just in case I wasn't getting the implied insult), with text-messaging abbreviations instead of real words. Size 18 font. With about three animated GIF's in the signature line.

What, I wonder as I sit enraged in front of my monitor, did I ever do to deserve this kind of treatment?

If you are a person sending these kinds of emails, just turn off your computer, unplug it from the wall, and smash it with your head.




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5 Comments:

Dang,

I WISH I'D WRITTEN THAT!!!

Rich
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By Blogger Rich Tatum, at 4/10/06 01:25  

Wait. Shouldn't that read...

i WISH i'D WRITTEN THAT!!!

Just wondering.

By Blogger Jim, at 4/10/06 06:19  

Well, rats. I tried to leave a comment using inline styles to deliver a "special font-family" but stoopid Blogger won't allow it.

Perhaps Google has more class than I thought. ;-)

By Blogger Eric, at 4/10/06 16:06  

Hi Julie,

This is Justine, Naomi's friend in Chicago. Every now and then I like to check out your site and read your blog. I always appreciate what you have to say, but never feel compelled to write anything as you have already said what I would have. But then I saw your comments on Comic Sans and I knew I needed to write because I too hate Comic Sans! It's a horrible (and downright anesthetically pleasing to the eye)font and I too feel annoyed whenever I see it. People think I am weird for having an opinion on fonts, so it is nice to know that at least one other person feels the same way.

Justine

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/10/06 16:17  

Julie, I agree with you. I cannot abide the inappropriate use of Comic Sans. But there is one salient exception. It happens to work well, and look good, in comic-book lettering. It's what I use when making comics for my blog (e.g.). For any other purpose, it is unsuitable.

By Anonymous Sean Gleeson, at 5/10/06 08:31  

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