If I ever get an email from anyone using comic sans I sense they will be a goofball in real life. If a bloke, they will be the type who wears loony tunes shiny polyester boxers, and maybe a novelty tie. If a woman they will subscribe to those websites where owners dress their pets in bibs looking miserable…and insist on forwarding it on to you. Daily.
I was very happy to read here and here that some students of the Royal College of Art have created the antedote to all that visual tom-foolery. Introducing Serious Sans! What a smart font. What nice lines. What sharp taste.
serious sans
After doing a bit of webbery I have found this group who want to put the “sans in comic sans”. (I have to say I love anything with a ’sans’ gag – ever since I learnt about the quite serious political group sans-cullotes. Men without breeches…haw haw haw.) Ban Comic Sans says comic sans is only appropraite in a few rare occasions. ie – NOT YOUR EMAIL FONT
So PLEASE remove it as your email font. It’s not funny. It’s goofy and stupid. You come across as an idiot. With no taste.
4 Comments
July 11, 2008 at 9:05 am
“If a woman they will subscribe to those websites where owners dress their pets in bibs looking miserable…and insist on forwarding it on to you. ”
You can also guarantee they have a sticker on their cubicle wall that says “You don’t have to be mad to work here… but it helps”.
July 12, 2008 at 4:53 am
In my experience when Comic Sans is used in emails, it tends to be in a ridiculous colour too (like purple, or hot pink). The odds are good that the email will also include poor quality animated gifs and the text will be centre-aligned.
July 15, 2008 at 1:16 am
Cheryl , Yes! – and sometimes that image of a kitten holding onto a branch with a thought bubble that says “oh shit”
July 15, 2008 at 1:18 am
CapitalD – and normally the email is a passive agressive threat to not take their milk or sandwhich out of the shared company fridge…but done in a sunny, breezy “have a nice day” psycho, gritted teeth tone