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Re:How to write a great research paper [pdf] by lmm on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @06:03AM (#6989961)
Precisely because he's that respected, I was surprised at the font choice, which I disliked (it just seems to mean extra mental effort for me over something I'm more used to).
Re:How to write a great research paper [pdf] by AaronFriel on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @10:09AM (#6990792)
He has said elsewhere, in response to questions about his choice of fonts:

  This is a very funny question, why I use Comic Sans. So. All my talks use
  Comic Sans, and I frequently see little remarks, “Simon Peyton Jones, great
  talk about Haskell, but why did he use Comic Sans?” But nobody’s ever been 
  able to tell me what’s wrong with it. I think it’s a nice, legible font, I 
  like it. So until someone explains to me — I understand that it’s meant to be 
  naff, but I don't care about naff stuff, it’s meant to be able to read it. So 
  if you’ve got some rational reasons why I should not, then I’ll listen to them.
  But just being unfashionable, I don’t care.
Re:How to write a great research paper [pdf] by therobot24 on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @05:00PM (#6993059)
he also has enough research experience that it's not taken as unprofessional