Comic Sans, meet Comic Neue

Re:Comic Sans, meet Comic Neue by karlshea on Monday April 07, 2014 @12:09PM (#7547317)

Here's an explanation about why it's objectively bad: http://kadavy.net/blog/posts/why-you-hate-comic-sans/

I think the reason the Internet hates it in general is mostly because of its use in inappropriate places (I even saw a picture of a funeral announcement that used it).

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Re:Comic Sans, meet Comic Neue by munificent on Monday April 07, 2014 @12:24PM (#7547450)

You think a funeral announcement is bad, try a funeral home's sign:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dove+Funeral+Home+Inc:+Dau...

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Re:Comic Sans, meet Comic Neue by boomlinde on Monday April 07, 2014 @01:45PM (#7548044)

I don't see how that post is making an objective argument.

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Re:Comic Sans, meet Comic Neue by lowboy on Monday April 07, 2014 @02:15PM (#7548219)

Poor kerning/letterfit and wonky visual weight hinder reading. That would make Comic Sans objectively worse.

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Re:Comic Sans, meet Comic Neue by boomlinde on Monday April 07, 2014 @02:20PM (#7548247)

In a world where good/bad are exactly defined points on a single axis where the unit is readability (and where the relationship between kerning/letterfit and readability was similarly precisely defined) that might have been an objective argument.

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