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Comic Sans is bad?

I knew from the beginning I didn’t like this Pete Ricketts character. At first I thought it was because of his funny little bald head. But now perhaps something more sinister is afoot…

I was reading this article and was thinking it really can’t be that bad. Then I watched the video. I was mistaken.. Wow, that’s really bad. You really can’t blame him. He didn’t create the TV spot. although he did approve it, so maybe you can.

Tom, thanks for this hilarious post. I totally agree that any candidate that uses Comic Sans is not worthy of my vote or anyone else’s.

And with a name like “Ricketts,” font choice cannot be taken lightly! You don’t be want to be using the most stereotypically kid-friendly of fonts when your name sounds (or at least looks) just like that of a potentially crippling childhood nutritional disorder. He should give away little packets of Vitamin D imprinted with ‘Vote Ricketts’ in Comic Sans.

Comic sans… the official typeface of Snoopy.

Now now, Mr. Kerr. That Peanuts typeface is different than Comic Sans, they use it at the Panera Bread next to my house. Every time I go there and order a You Pick Two I think, ‘ah, just like reading Snoopy. Thank gods its not in Comic Sans.’ I swear.

Since I am on record criticizing Design Observer for their politics, I have to say that this is a great example of how a designer can talk about politics without pushing a political agenda. Nice job, Tom! And the comments even made it pretty deep before Bill Kerr blew it by turning a discussion about typography into a platform for his political rant. Bill, save your spin for Design Observer, we play by different rules over here.

He lost my vote. Someone made a bad faux pas.

It’s actually Apple’s Chalkboard.

I think Franz just blew the lid off this post with the revelation that it’s not even Comic Sans.

Does this mean Ricketts gets your vote back now?

I can’t believe someone would know enough about Comic Sans to be able to tell at first glance that this is “very obviously not Comic Sans”…that disturbs me.

The fact that it is not actually Comic Sans but a quite similar font named Chalkboard is like when GM in the 1980s used to sell the same crappy car under different brands (for example Buick Skyhawk, Oldsmobile Ferenza, Cadillac Cimarron, Chevy Cavalier, Pontiac Sunbird all the same crappy car) — you can fancy it up with a new name and a few minor changes, but the inherent quality of suckiness remains.

Since Pete is running for Senate under the banner of those Repuglican clowns that are so intent on reducing our once great nation to ashes, perhaps Comic Sans is the perfect font for them.

Watkins College of Art + Design had created a “Ban Comic Sans” poster a few years back.

When I was in art school in Louisiana we had an anti-Revue and anti-Cooper Black guerilla campaign.

so umm whoever said your font on this page shouts “strength of conviction”???

perhaps you should realize that personal preferences for font vary from person to person, so it is ridiculous to assume that your opinion is supreme. don’t you have anything better to analyze???

Apparently, the dislike of Comic Sans is far reaching enough to have a web site devoted to banning it…

http://bancomicsans.com/home.html

This was really funny. Now I have another reason not to vote for Pete Ricketts.