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A Defense of Comic Sans

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Published on Feb 11, 2013

𝕴𝖓 𝕯𝖊𝖋𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖊 𝕺𝖋 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖈 𝕾𝖆𝖓𝖘
Even the geniuses at CERN use Comic Sans: http://img.clubic.com/05281294-photo-...

Gunnarolla's AWESOME Comic Sans SONG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBibXw...

David Kadavy's "Why You Hate Comic Sans" [great read]: http://kadavy.net/blog/posts/why-you-...

David Kadavy's video: http://youtu.be/4X4f83C8ANg

ALL music by Jake Chudnow: http://www.youtube.com/jakechudnow
http://www.soundcloud.com/JakeChudnow

Great book about type: Simon Garfields JUST MY TYPE: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-My-Type-...

Ban Comic Sans: http://bancomicsans.com

Funny site to send people who use Comic Sans: http://www.comicsanscriminal.com/

Comic Sans alternatives: http://bancomicsans.com/main/?page_id=98

Kill Comic Sans game: http://www.agencyfusion.com/kill-comi...

McSweeney's humor article from the perspective of Comic Sans: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im...

David O'Reilly T-Shirts: http://skreened.com/dumbstuff

Typeface Periodic Table: http://artworksdesign.files.wordpress...

Type rules 101: http://www.denizcemonduygu.com/tipo101/

History of typefaces and handwriting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Evo...

Basic articles on Comic Sans:
http://mashable.com/2012/10/03/comic-...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesig...

Connare's own presentation on Comic Sans (I saw him deliever this at LOLcon in NY): http://www.connare.com/ihatecomic.pdf

Story of Comic Sans with interview with Vincent Connare: http://www.fonts.com/content/learning...

Comic Sans ART: http://comicsansproject.tumblr.com/

Comic Sans deisgn criticism: http://kleinletters.com/Blog/comic-sa...

Uncanny Valley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_...

Interesting piece on Helvetica vs. Arial: http://www.fonts.com/content/learning...

Comic Sans in weird places: http://comicfrigginsans.wordpress.com...

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  • Lexyvil

    It's funny how we can hate a font so much only because it's easier to read.

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  • TheNICP13

    Cool video, but I just wanted to point out that the french word "foundue" doesn't exist. It's actually "fondue". WE WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!

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  • surfinburdlax

    Wtf is Microsoft bob

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  • gunamy

    i honestly think comic sans is just a normal font that so many people bitched about that people started changing their views on it they hated just to hate and thats fucked up

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    𝕴𝖓 𝕯𝖊𝖋𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖊 𝕺𝖋 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖈 𝕾𝖆𝖓𝖘

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  • DURTstudios

    Really? You went there?

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  • ben coates

    This is why I buy my own fonts

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  • TheNICP13

    Oh sorry, they're disabled by default on my account, so... My bad!

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  • Anusdhka

    My god, Trajan is the shit!

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  • WiijimmyTV

    He put that in an annotation.

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  • jameswalker199

    I usually use the rule of thumb "use a font that sounds like the mood you're writing in" i.e. Comic Sans is COMIC, and should be used only where comedy is appropriate

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