October 07, 2011

The "Kill Comic Sans" game

If you're someone who loves to hate Comic Sans, the casual script released by Microsoft in 1994, you'll like this time-waster. Take out your aggression on floating words and kill Comic Sans. My position on Comic Sans: I dislike it (and other childlike, informal handwriting fonts similar to it), but maybe one day I'll get a project for which it's perfectly suited. So far, that day has not come. Blast away.

44 comments:

  1. prutselsOctober 7, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    I like it because it is so playful, all this hating a font just bothers me.

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  2. Grandma GOctober 7, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    Oh, goodie... a new time-waster! Just what I need! :)

    Mum

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  3. DKBOctober 7, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    i like comic sans- its my go to font for emails. Seriously, all my work emails are in comic sans. As a result, i dont use it for anything else- only emails, never on a 'real' project

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  4. Anne K.October 7, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    This is pretty funny. I don't like Comic Sans because it's the font one of my least-favorite co-workers always uses in e-mails and when I see it, the back of my neck starts to crinkle up. Had fun blasting for a minute this Friday.

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  5. Grandma GOctober 7, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    Gee, do ya suppose DKB and Anne K. work at the same place??? ;););)

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  6. Jessica JonesOctober 7, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    HILARIOUS!

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  7. PattiOctober 7, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    Awesome!! Down with the Comic Sans!

    And more Comic Sans hating:
    http://bancomicsans.com/main/

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  8. JillOctober 7, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    I don't like it either, but I have read that some dyslexics find it to be one of the more readable commonly available fonts. So I guess it serves a purpose.
    Still, if there is a choice, I won't use it.

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  9. BryanOctober 7, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    When I see Papyrus, I think "ugh, hippies", and just keep on walking. You know when Papyrus is appropriate? Never, that's when.

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  10. Esch House QuiltsOctober 7, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    I use Comic Sans for my personal emails. It looks more casual than Times New Roman or the other choices my email package gives me.

    I use Bookman for work messages.

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  11. KateOctober 7, 2011 at 12:38 PM

    Comic sans is never appropriate, at least any more. It's like 80's mall bangs that were cool for a few years, but definitely not any more, even with all the other things that are cool again from the 80's.

    And I just saw a website today that uses it, ugh. Now, to go play the game!

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  12. Katie LewisOctober 7, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    Haha!

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  13. rathOctober 7, 2011 at 12:51 PM

    This essay was pointed my way today, after reading this post, and I couldn't help but comment with a link.

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  14. rilojaneOctober 7, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    I laughed so hard... Thanks for bringing a little cheer and guns to my afternoon.

    Comic Sans is one of my least favorite fonts. Right next to Broadway.

    Yeech.

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  15. BelleOctober 7, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    They need to do the same with "Calibri". It bugs me like crazy and stupid Office 2007 uses it as the default font.

    Comic Sans was my least favorite font until Calibri appeared.

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  16. AnonymousOctober 7, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Everything I learned about proper penmanship came from the Zaner-Bloser method of handwiting. I owe a lot to that style-that's why I like the comic sans font. Sure, it's dull, but at least it's legible!

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  17. Kathy COctober 7, 2011 at 3:20 PM

    Oh Grandma G - you made me laugh out loud!

    As for Comic Sans -- I have no strong animosity towards it. To me it's just a relief from my Arial, Calibri, Times New Roman world!

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  18. FondaOctober 7, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    hahaha Love this because I hate Comic Sans!! :D Looks soo unprofessional! :D

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  19. Kelly G.October 7, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    Elementary Ed. majors' go to font... it is one of the few that actually resembles the letters that we are expecting kids to read and write. That said... I ONLY use it when I am doing a preschooler project. ;)

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  20. LeoneOctober 7, 2011 at 6:35 PM

    I don't quite loathe it BUT it does look horrible on a website or anything that's meant to look professional. Amateur hour.

    The DKB + Anne K. comments cracked me up! haha

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  21. WeddingPrintsOctober 7, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    Funny!

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  22. Me, Myself, and IOctober 7, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    Rath beat me to McSweeney's Comic Sans post. I read it the other day on Felicia Day's Google+ page.

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  23. AnonymousOctober 7, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    You people are running around a round room trying to p*# in the corner! It's a FONT people, not a communist manifesto! Chill for goodness sake........

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  24. NicoleOctober 8, 2011 at 12:55 AM

    I'm also a comic sans liker. I don't understand the dislike. At work we have to use "clan". Clan?! What a name. I don't wanna be a clan with those peeps.

    I'm sick of arial. Its boring.

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  25. AnonymousOctober 8, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    The main problem with comic sans is that it is getting used in non-casual non-playful settings. I work in academia and have seen powerpoints, memos, emails, journal articles and CVs written in comic sans. It seems too as though those who are the highest up in our university are most likely to use comic sans (almost as though they want to try to seem more approachable by using the font).

    I'd very much like it banned from my university.

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  26. AnonymousOctober 8, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    I use it at work every day, because I'm a kindergarten teacher and Comic Sans is the only font in my OpenOffice package (I hate OO, by the way, but that's all we have) that looks like Zaner-Bloser manuscript, which is the handwriting style we teach students in our district. Look at the differences in the letters a and g in fonts. Comic Sans uses basic manuscript a and g with no serifs. Kindergartners are not taught to write letters with serifs. (I'm with Kelly G and Anonymous).

    That said, I do not use it for anything else, because I prefer more clean-cut fonts and because I think Comic is a little over-used. It isn't professional, and I don't think that documents intended for adults' eyes should be written in a children's font.

    But, if you like it and can get away with using it, go for it. =)

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  27. Larissa HollandOctober 8, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    I so hate comic sans.

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  28. MaxabellaOctober 9, 2011 at 6:12 AM

    I do. I hate Comic Sans. x

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  29. FrancescaOctober 9, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    I hate them!!! X[

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  30. FrancescaOctober 9, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    I hate them!! X[

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  31. AnonymousOctober 9, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    is the bottom dress in this post your fabric? http://www.dana-made-it.com/2011/10/giveaway-day-ingrid-dress-by-little.html

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  32. KellyOctober 10, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    This is simply hilarious!

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  33. __L__October 10, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    lol, I love comics sans, I use it for my pupils :-D So funny to read that you hate it !

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  34. OneStarOctober 10, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    It's just fucking text.

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  35. jOctober 10, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    you may enjoy this:
    http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole

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  36. Piecing it back togetherOctober 10, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    That's hilarious! It reminds me of a picture that was being repinned a lot over the summer:
    http://work.failblog.org/2010/07/21/job-fails-but-we-trade-lemon-futures/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MthruF+%28Monday+Through+Friday%29

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  37. Jessica JonesOctober 10, 2011 at 11:50 PM

    Ha! I hadn't seen that!

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  38. AnonymousOctober 12, 2011 at 12:06 AM

    how dare you! I love comic sans!!! it goes very well with my equally childish refusal to capitalize.

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  39. UnknownOctober 12, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    it's not that bad. :)

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  40. DOLORESOctober 13, 2011 at 3:35 AM

    OH YEAH! I loved this...hate hate comic sans. Every kid in art class chooses this font when they want to be 'cute'
    This is NOT cute. It is poorly designed. Any self respecting graphic artist will not use this for anything other than a ransom note.

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  41. A Daft Scots LassOctober 14, 2011 at 1:57 AM

    Congrats on your Blog of Note.

    I had to comment as I'm also a lover of anything and everything orange! My favourite colour!

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  42. VenassaOctober 17, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    That is so random, I love it! I sent the link to my boyfriend as well. I am definitely not a fan of comic sans at all.

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  43. Agency FusionDecember 2, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    Thanks for mentioning our game! If it is your favorite "time sink" nominate it for a Crunchie Award: http://crunchies2011.techcrunch.com/nominate/ and make sure the world knows how we feel about Comic Sans!

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  44. ElaineDecember 23, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    I HATE COMIC SANS

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