Funny Font Annecdote and Lesson

Adrienne Boswell wrote:

My default font is Comic Sans

it's a nice font for browsing.

"Nice" is pretty subjective. Every time I saw Comic Sans on a web page
by brain screamed

CHEESY AMATEUR FRONTPAGE TEMPLATE!!

Rather than go insane or blind from looking at Comic Sans, I chose to
expunge it from my system. The web is a nicer place without it.

:-)

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Berg

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:42:23 GMT
Bergamot scribed:

Adrienne Boswell wrote:

My default font is Comic Sans

it's a nice font for browsing.

"Nice" is pretty subjective. Every time I saw Comic Sans on a web page
by brain screamed

CHEESY AMATEUR FRONTPAGE TEMPLATE!!

Rather than go insane or blind from looking at Comic Sans, I chose to
expunge it from my system. The web is a nicer place without it.

:-)

Just because there is something wrong with your brain is no reason to knock
a very fine, readable font, Froggy. My entire home page used to be in
Comic Sans MS and it was very attractive and easy to peruse. Furthermore,
it is the definitive font for drunks and addicts. For them, the physical
law of negative interference renders it considerably more readable than any
other font.

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Neredbojias
Riches are their own reward.

On Jan 7, 11:11 am, Adrienne Boswell <arb... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

I inherited a website from my boss, who has Palantino on her computer.
I don't have Palantino on my computer at work, or my computer at home.
My default font is Comic Sans, so when I started working on the site, I
saw the headings appeared Comic Sans, and that is how I wrote the
headings in the new stylesheet {font-family: "Comic Sans", arial,
helvetica, sans-serif}.

I read this and can only think that this is something that could have
EASILY been avoided.

You knew you had a default font of comic sans. When the heading
appeared in comic sans that should have triggered something in your
head that said "hmmm... how interesting they choose the same font for
the heading that I had as my default. And what a weird choice for a
company font."

At that point you should have confronted her and asked about the
fonts. You committed one of the biggest sins of developers. You
assumed something.

Oh, this is not a slam at you at all. It is just an observation. And
even I have made wrong assumptions once or twice (this week)

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Travis Newbury
<TravisNewbury (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> writing in news:09dfcbde-873e-4803-9a98-
55cf112ffa55 (AT) j78g2000hsd (DOT) googlegroups.com:

On Jan 7, 11:11 am, Adrienne Boswell <arb... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
I inherited a website from my boss, who has Palantino on her
computer.
I don't have Palantino on my computer at work, or my computer at
home.
My default font is Comic Sans, so when I started working on the site,
I
saw the headings appeared Comic Sans, and that is how I wrote the
headings in the new stylesheet {font-family: "Comic Sans", arial,
helvetica, sans-serif}.

I read this and can only think that this is something that could have
EASILY been avoided.

You knew you had a default font of comic sans. When the heading
appeared in comic sans that should have triggered something in your
head that said "hmmm... how interesting they choose the same font for
the heading that I had as my default. And what a weird choice for a
company font."

At that point you should have confronted her and asked about the
fonts. You committed one of the biggest sins of developers. You
assumed something.

Oh, this is not a slam at you at all. It is just an observation. And
even I have made wrong assumptions once or twice (this week)

Normally, I would agree with you. However, The Character and Ethics
Project is a local organization that works with the Glendale School
District - one of their biggest fund raisers is the annual calendar, and
the images for the calendar are drawn by local Glendale school children
- all in grades K through 6. So, Comic Sans would have been
appropriate, if not preferred.
[http://ethicsproject.org/beta/respect.php] is one of the words of the
month (calendar has dummy values right now).

Now, if it were ABC Widget Corporation, I would have wondered, and
asked, if not suggested a more "mature" font.


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