My tweets

[scarfman]

• Вт, 19:19: @TheOnlyTrout @danthshive I chose Comic Sans for the same reason I chose to work in MSPaint: my priority was to never miss a daily (cont)
• Вт, 19:20: (cont) update and I confined myself to resources I could find on any Windows machine I might be constrained to use on a given day. (cont)
• Вт, 19:20: (cont) I also genuinely don't see what's wrong with them. If they lose me readers, so be it.
• Вт, 19:28: @dcorsetto It's spelled "Bert". Take it from the man who still has the 1970s commercially available puppet.
• Вт, 19:49: @TheOnlyTrout I've also been told that the lack of anti-aliasing is part of the charm. I dunno why this'd be, but I won't complain.

Comments

And now, sinus-induced babbling!

[athelind.livejournal.com]

The writing and the amazing artwork that makes each character distinctive and recognizable even in your quickest, sketchiest modes is the biggest part of the charm. The lack of anti-aliasing? That's just Stockholm Syndrome talking, man. =D

I think the hate for Comic Sans is the utterly inappropriate use of it as a display font. It's terrible for that. It's decent for a comic lettering font, though there are better ones out there.

It's a decent email font, though, if you want an informal feel. It's actually okay on a web site, if you don't just have Wall O' Comic Sans glaring the reader in the face.

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Comic Sans: spreadsheets.

More specificaly, I was making spreadsheet character sheets for Mutants & Masterminds, and I wanted something with a comic book feel ... and that I knew pretty much everyone would have on their systems already. So, Comic Sans it was ... and it looked really good!

Most egregiously inappropriate use:

There's a church up the road from here. Their sign out front is one of those with the individual metal letters, each one cast individually and mounted on the stucco walls flanking the driveway.

Those elaborate, individually-cast letters ... on a church ... are in Comic Sans.

[xwingace]

Comic Sans is perfectly well-suited to what you're using it for: lettering comics. It's when it's being used for oh... book reports or business presentations that it becomes out of place.

And MSPaint is just part of the charm.

XWA