The Controversial Comic Sans
I figured I would pass along Emily Steel's Wall Street Journal article: Typeface Inspired by Comic Books Has Become a Font of Ill Will.
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I figured I would pass along Emily Steel's Wall Street Journal article: Typeface Inspired by Comic Books Has Become a Font of Ill Will.
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mbana said,
April 28, 2009 @ 8:07 pm
I don’t understand why people hate Comic Sans, it’s easy to read, and for presentations – without math – it’s way better than using Modern Serif. It’s obvious that fonts are very subjective, I for one hate Modern Serif mainly due to the stems being so thin, instead I prefer to typeset with Warnock, Minion or Times.
Geoffrey, what became of the ScalaTeX project?
washburn said,
April 28, 2009 @ 8:14 pm
@mbana: Well, I can certainly see some people’s point that Comic Sans is used too often in inappropriate contexts.
As for “modern” serifs, I too personally prefer the more robust appearance one gets from fonts like Warnock, Minion, Arno, etc.
The student I had working with me on the ScalaTeX project totally dropped the ball and did essentially nothing for the entire semester :-/