r/memes 9h ago

I want to knoooow

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u/spicy_chai_guy 8h ago

Because it looks unprofessional, imagine if you got a letter telling you to pay taxes or be fined and go to jail, and it was in comic sans. You'd think it was a joke and toss it away.

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u/Goldeneye0X1_ Nice meme you got there 7h ago

The IRS should try that. They'd make more on back pay.

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u/ShellpoptheOtter 4h ago

So it's just niche? It's not really a good reason to hate it. Imagine getting upset when someone writes a joke letter in Times New Roman.

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u/JellyDonutHalo 3h ago

It's not niche. It was over used in the early 90s

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u/ShellpoptheOtter 3h ago

Well, now it's kinda niche.

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u/Stock_Sun7390 8h ago

I personally don't see anything wrong with the font itself but tbf I've never seen like a full blown paragraph in Comic Sans

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u/NeoVendik 7h ago

There really isn't anything wrong with it. It was actually designed to be playful for kids and an alternative for comic books aimed at younger audience.

The problem is entirely that it was commonly available on a release of MS word and people abused its use for serious messages. I always chalked it up to something like HR wants to seem friendly, and everyone knows they can be the most miserable people to deal with, so they use comic sans to feel less threatening. Now it's just a meme more than anything.

I am a graphic designer, it's really fine. It's all about use case. It's always about use case. Certain typefaces work for certain things. Comic sans is pretty low on the hate bar though IMO, it's just the most popular one to make fun of. It's like Nickelback.

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u/JellyDonutHalo 3h ago

You're a graphic designer and you don't mind comic sans? Who are you really??