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RE: ban comic sans
by IconoclasT at 8:13 am EDT, May 6, 2005

noteworthy wrote:
] In 1995 Microsoft released the font Comic Sans originally
] designed for comic book style talk bubbles containing
] informational help text. Since that time the typeface has been
] used in countless contexts from restaurant signage to college
] exams to medical information. These widespread abuses
] of printed type threaten to erode the very foundations
] upon which centuries of typographic history are built.
]
] While we recognize the font may be appropriate in a few
] specific instances, our position is that the only effective
] means of ending this epidemic of abuse is to completely ban
] Comic Sans
.

]
]
] I am on the front lines in this war ...

OK, but Times New Roman has to go first..

RE: ban comic sans


 
 
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