Comments on: The Story of Comic Sans – How to Choose a Font http://www.kinesisinc.com/design/the-story-of-comic-sans-how-to-choose-a-font/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:31:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: My Name http://www.kinesisinc.com/design/the-story-of-comic-sans-how-to-choose-a-font/comment-page-1/#comment-586 My Name Sat, 01 May 2010 21:00:52 +0000 http://www.webdesign.kinesisinc.com/?p=141#comment-586 "It has gotten so bad that Indianapolis graphic designers Dave and Holly Combs have erected a website that’s prime objective is to ban comic sans altogether by collecting names on an online petition." >>> that's ???? <<< You cannot use that construction as a possessive. Better stick to designing fonts, hey? That's your strength. “It has gotten so bad that Indianapolis graphic designers Dave and Holly Combs have erected a website that’s prime objective is to ban comic sans altogether by collecting names on an online petition.”

>>> that’s ???? <<<

You cannot use that construction as a possessive. Better stick to designing fonts, hey? That's your strength.

]]> By: Stephen Coles http://www.kinesisinc.com/design/the-story-of-comic-sans-how-to-choose-a-font/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Stephen Coles Fri, 01 May 2009 17:45:33 +0000 http://www.webdesign.kinesisinc.com/?p=141#comment-24 A well researched and thoughtful piece, Michelle. Well done. One misstep: Prince Valiant is definitely <em>not</em> set in Comic Sans. It's either hand lettered, like most comics, or set in a superior comic lettering face like those by <a href="http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/foundry/comicraft/" rel="nofollow">Comicraft</a>. Professional comic artists will probably tell you that Comic Sans is a very poor excuse for comic lettering. So that leaves the sad font with no appropriate usage, unless the user really can't acquire anything better. A well researched and thoughtful piece, Michelle. Well done. One misstep: Prince Valiant is definitely not set in Comic Sans. It’s either hand lettered, like most comics, or set in a superior comic lettering face like those by Comicraft. Professional comic artists will probably tell you that Comic Sans is a very poor excuse for comic lettering. So that leaves the sad font with no appropriate usage, unless the user really can’t acquire anything better.

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