Re:Comic Code – Monospaced interpretation of the most over-h...
by ebg13 on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:42PM
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The font doesn't bring these feelings. You do. What if the problem is just that people have decided that it's ok to get upset about a font they don't like? Maybe people should try not to do that instead.
> more appropriate fonts
There are only two things that determine the appropriateness of a font:
1) Readability
2) The aesthetic desire of the person writing the message
Nobody ever says that Comic Sans isn't readable, generally readability is considered to be one of its virtues. People just think that the aesthetic desire of the reader should triumph over the aesthetic desire of the writer, and there they are wrong.
> more appropriate fonts
There are only two things that determine the appropriateness of a font:
1) Readability
2) The aesthetic desire of the person writing the message
Nobody ever says that Comic Sans isn't readable, generally readability is considered to be one of its virtues. People just think that the aesthetic desire of the reader should triumph over the aesthetic desire of the writer, and there they are wrong.