> inappropriate for all the uses mentioned above...

I'll raise you. See Papyrus. [1] Who needs "'I'd rather be golfing' on a t-shirt in Papyrus, of all fonts?

[1] https://www.instagram.com/papyrus_forever/?hl=en

You probably have seen it but for anyone who hasn't, this SNL skit on Papyrus is brilliant: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ

I hadn't before now and am going with "yeah, brilliant". I don't think I've seen anything Ryan Gosling's done that I haven't liked him in; to the point of a bit of a man-crush.

Didn't find that funny but it reminded me to rewatch Font Conference which is great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3k5oY9AHHM

Ending it with the word "papyrus" in Comic Sans was the most brilliant part.

Font Fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_tQRGq6clE

I knew describing an SNL sketch as brilliant would turn out to be a wild exaggeration.

Ha. I actually hadn’t. Nice.

Some of these aren't that bad. I think once you get past five letters in a row or start adding apostrophes, it's time to use something else. A couple letters with some customization can work though, e.g. I don't think the Lamb of God logo is bad.

Papyrus just reminds me of how little selection there is in the default fonts on Mac OS X. I mean, there could be so much more.

At least there's actually Helvetica!

Obligatory to this discussion: https://laughingsquid.com/comic-papyrus/

Update: The designer actually had to change the name for... sigh... legal reasons, so now it's this: https://creativemarket.com/benharman/229510-Comic-Parchment-...

> so wildly inappropriate

Comic Sans is a nice handwriting-style font. Isn't it just the name that makes people think it's inappropriate?

Actually "Sans Bullshit Sans" (http://www.sansbullshitsans.com/) name is more inappropriate. "Comic Mono" or "Comic Sans" names sound better. Also "Comic Mono" font is not bad, just takes a bit getting used to. I'm using "Roboto Mono Light" at 14px for code and love it.

For a long time I thought it was called "Comic" because of the hilarious faces font snobs pull when you show it to them, but apparently it's because it was inspired by the text in comic books.

I think it's sort of transcended all that, though. It's now the legendary Comic Sans from the land beyond taste, more meme than font.

So you're trying to convince us you legitimately though it was named, before anyone saw it, based on a presumed reaction people would have when they did?

Pardon me, I think my bullshit meter just exploded.

I think it is called that after Comic Chat, where it was featured.

Straight from the horse's mouth: http://www.connare.com/whycomic.htm

Originally designed for Microsoft Bob, missed that deadline, came out in the Win95 Plus Pack.

The working name was "Comic Book". Probably because it is based on multiple comic books, primarily The Dark Knight Returns. I've also seen Watchmen mentioned in other interviews as a primary source for the shapes though he doesn't mention it in his page on the font.

That might just be my personal taste, then. But no, I think a fun handwriting-style font is inappropriate for all of the cases mentioned.

Handwriting doesn't necessarily mean "fun".

I really prefer CS to Calibri. Calibri is one of the ugliest fonts ever invented.

This is true. Calibri takes effort to peruse. I confuse letters and words all the time and have to reread after losing context. Comic sans is certainly not the worst font out there.

CS works quite well for reading sheet music from a distance in the dark.

Isn't it weird that there's a and a?