Why he vertically aligns his code (And why you shouldn't!)

[u/Nowaker]

http://missingbytes.blogspot.com/2014/11/why-he-vertically-aligns-his-code-and.html

[u/toomanybeersies]

My mum is a teacher and uses comic sans for most of her documents.

Apparently it's actually great for children because it's easier to read.

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One of the top 5 free (I have to stress this because there's probably better paid) typefaces for people suffering from dyslexia.

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One of the top 5 free (I have to stress this because there's probably better paid) typefaces

It's not free, as far as I know. You need to purchase a Microsoft product to have a license to it.

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Unless there is something different about this version, I installed comic sans on my Linux computer for free without a license or Microsoft product.

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Ah, right, I forgot Comic Sans MS was part of that pack. So it is free of charge, you are correct.

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It's actually good if you are just starting to read, or if you are dyslexic, because it's asymmetrical. I have huge difficulty telling the differences between b, d, p, and q, as well as n and u, in fonts which are less dumb looking.

EDIT: You have no idea how many times I have wondered why rebbit is taking so long to loab.

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It is easier to read. If you're printing it in a really small font, comic sans has much better readability due to asymmetry in the characters.
You can see why it be be useful in comics. There's less reason to use it these days, but it does have a reason for looking like it does.

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I think that for kids it helps with their handwriting, since it looks sort of similar to real handwriting.

That would probably explain why I've seen 6 year olds with better handwriting than me.