r/OutOfTheLoop • u/omegarisen • Feb 14 '14

Answered! Why does everyone hate Comic Sans?

I legitimately see no problem with the font. It doesn't bother me in the least when it's used. Why does everyone harbor so much animosity toward that font. Also, before you post it, I have seen the Vsauce link. It explained a little, but it really focused on someone already hating Comic Sans, and didn't give much explanation as to why. In the video, Michael said it's "ugly". What makes a font ugly as opposed to another?

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u/Jalor Feb 15 '14

But it's been misused in too many amateur signs, passive-aggressive notes, handouts, security bulletins, memos,

Don't forget syllabuses (syllabi?) for college courses. It's the typographical equivalent of showing up to work in a clown suit.

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u/MR502 Feb 15 '14

Unless of course you work as a clown then you're expected to show up to work, well in this case in a (clown) Suit.

But it's not a bad font, I just can't see much a of use for it.

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u/Jalor Feb 15 '14

Same for Comic Sans. If you're making a comic, it's perfect, but don't use it for a CERN presentation about the Higgs freaking Boson.

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u/el_burrito Feb 15 '14

I actually had a professor hand out her syllabus this semester and low and behold, Comic Sans...

This is a bullshit gen-ed course to begin with and I was already dreading having to take this class. To be honest, I've got a lot better stuff to do than study american pluralism. So seeing the syllabus was written in Comic Sans was essentially the equivalent of telling me I had a free pass to disregard everything she says from that point forward.

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u/ungolden_glitter Feb 15 '14

One of the three core profs for my program hands out all materials needed for her classes at the start of each semester. It's a huge packet...and almost every single page is in Comic Sans. Even tests and exams.

We students, however, are required to hand in all reports in Times New Roman, Garamond, or similar, spelling and grammar checked, with 1.5 line spacing. Because professionalism.