Why choosing the right font is important.

Platapus · 05-15-13, 05:04 PM

But wouldn't Comic Sans mean not funny?

Sans meaning "without"

So for the joke to work, the letter needed to be read very seriously perhaps with a funny topic instead of a serious topic read funny.

Sailor Steve · 05-15-13, 05:58 PM

In this case it's not about what the word means, it's about how the font looks when you read it.

TLAM Strike · 05-15-13, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

But wouldn't Comic Sans mean not funny?

Sans meaning "without"

So for the joke to work, the letter needed to be read very seriously perhaps with a funny topic instead of a serious topic read funny.

Comic Sans means Comic Book like font without a serif (the little lines at the end of the letter stroke).

There is not anything inherently funny about it, especially since its designer based it on the fonts used in the (later) Batman and Watchman comics. People just tend to think of the font as something funny because it is misused so much.

donna52522 · 05-15-13, 06:47 PM

The first link was removed by user, so I have no faith in trying the other two.

Red October1984 · 05-15-13, 08:52 PM

I always liked Comic Sans, Chiller, and Courier New.

HunterICX · 05-16-13, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by donna52522

The first link was removed by user, so I have no faith in trying the other two.

Yeah seems the user have pulled them all down.

HunterICX

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	But wouldn't Comic Sans mean not funny? Sans meaning "without" So for the joke to work, the letter needed to be read very seriously perhaps with a funny topic instead of a serious topic read funny. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	In this case it's not about what the word means, it's about how the font looks when you read it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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donna52522 Lady Mariner Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 544 Downloads: 225 Uploads: 0	The first link was removed by user, so I have no faith in trying the other two. __________________

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Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I always liked Comic Sans, Chiller, and Courier New. __________________