How Comic Sans and clipart can make anything look absolutely terrible

[Silverspoon]

i'm not a fan of clip art but admit to liking comic sans. i don't know why it's considered so bad. i trust your advice and try to steer clear. but i feel sad that it's frowned upon. is it considered childish? that would be ironic because i write children's stories (with capital letters in all the right places)..

i'm not a fan of clip art but admit to liking comic sans. i don't know why it's considered so bad. i trust your advice and try to steer clear. but i feel sad that it's frowned upon. is it considered childish? that would be ironic because i write children's stories (with capital letters in all the right places).

Because it is old and outdated. It shows a lack of being in the current era. In its day it was the only real variable to a TT Font, so people flocked to it as a "Casual" and "Friendlier" font. Using it for newsletters and such.
It looks amateurish. It is band booster ish, from stay at home moms who print up flyers for pool parties along with clip art.
It is not professional.
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I wonder what brought this 16 month old post back to life ... maybe because of halloween, old posts are rising from the archives and stumbling back to the front page.
Since we are talking about substitutions, I could read JB's comments on CS font just as easily if she were talking about a 70's hairstyle that she once tried. (Farrah Fawcett?)
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I wonder what brought this 16 month old post back to life ... maybe because of halloween, old posts are rising from the archives and stumbling back to the front page.
Since we are talking about substitutions, I could read JB's comments on CS font just as easily if she were talking about a 70's hairstyle that she once tried. (Farrah Fawcett?)

Usually what happens is a spammer finds an old post and then it pops up again. The spam post is removed but the whole thread doesn't sink back into obscurity.
JB's not even old enough to have had FF hair... ;-) Now me? I skipped FF and had Dorothy Hamill hair!
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I wonder what brought this 16 month old post back to life ... maybe because of halloween, old posts are rising from the archives and stumbling back to the front page.
Since we are talking about substitutions, I could read JB's comments on CS font just as easily if she were talking about a 70's hairstyle that she once tried. (Farrah Fawcett?)

Usually what happens is a spammer finds an old post and then it pops up again. The spam post is removed but the whole thread doesn't sink back into obscurity.
JB's not even old enough to have had FF hair... ;-) Now me? I skipped FF and had Dorothy Hamill hair!

actually I am and I did. it was the 1970's.
We went all the way to PB to the best stylist around, this marvalous flamboyant hairdresser who cut hair like nobody's business and we paid big bucks in those days for it. Funny thinking about it now. I remember the best part about the hairdresser was he made you feel great in the cut, not just a cut and how do you like it? after turning the chair around. Those are the best hair dressers. I need to find a new one...I don't get that any more.
Not knocking the oldest barber shop in Arkansas, btw that was a ton of fun and i learned about the commonwealth attorney's kidney stones. What more could I ask for!
Oh and btw I had the Dorothy Hamill wedge cut as well, a gold medalist? You bet.
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I just never think you're that old...
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I just never think you're that old...

I turn 47 tomorrow.
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Yeah, me too.

 

[gillumhouse]

i'm not a fan of clip art but admit to liking comic sans. i don't know why it's considered so bad. i trust your advice and try to steer clear. but i feel sad that it's frowned upon. is it considered childish? that would be ironic because i write children's stories (with capital letters in all the right places)..

i'm not a fan of clip art but admit to liking comic sans. i don't know why it's considered so bad. i trust your advice and try to steer clear. but i feel sad that it's frowned upon. is it considered childish? that would be ironic because i write children's stories (with capital letters in all the right places).

Because it is old and outdated. It shows a lack of being in the current era. In its day it was the only real variable to a TT Font, so people flocked to it as a "Casual" and "Friendlier" font. Using it for newsletters and such.
It looks amateurish. It is band booster ish, from stay at home moms who print up flyers for pool parties along with clip art.
It is not professional.
.

I wonder what brought this 16 month old post back to life ... maybe because of halloween, old posts are rising from the archives and stumbling back to the front page.
Since we are talking about substitutions, I could read JB's comments on CS font just as easily if she were talking about a 70's hairstyle that she once tried. (Farrah Fawcett?)
.

I wonder what brought this 16 month old post back to life ... maybe because of halloween, old posts are rising from the archives and stumbling back to the front page.
Since we are talking about substitutions, I could read JB's comments on CS font just as easily if she were talking about a 70's hairstyle that she once tried. (Farrah Fawcett?)

Usually what happens is a spammer finds an old post and then it pops up again. The spam post is removed but the whole thread doesn't sink back into obscurity.
JB's not even old enough to have had FF hair... ;-) Now me? I skipped FF and had Dorothy Hamill hair!
.

I wonder what brought this 16 month old post back to life ... maybe because of halloween, old posts are rising from the archives and stumbling back to the front page.
Since we are talking about substitutions, I could read JB's comments on CS font just as easily if she were talking about a 70's hairstyle that she once tried. (Farrah Fawcett?)

Usually what happens is a spammer finds an old post and then it pops up again. The spam post is removed but the whole thread doesn't sink back into obscurity.
JB's not even old enough to have had FF hair... ;-) Now me? I skipped FF and had Dorothy Hamill hair!

actually I am and I did. it was the 1970's.
We went all the way to PB to the best stylist around, this marvalous flamboyant hairdresser who cut hair like nobody's business and we paid big bucks in those days for it. Funny thinking about it now. I remember the best part about the hairdresser was he made you feel great in the cut, not just a cut and how do you like it? after turning the chair around. Those are the best hair dressers. I need to find a new one...I don't get that any more.
Not knocking the oldest barber shop in Arkansas, btw that was a ton of fun and i learned about the commonwealth attorney's kidney stones. What more could I ask for!
Oh and btw I had the Dorothy Hamill wedge cut as well, a gold medalist? You bet.
.

I just never think you're that old...
.

I just never think you're that old...

I turn 47 tomorrow.
.

Both of you are mere children! I have kids older than you - and a grandson almost as old.

 

[gillumhouse]

i'm not a fan of clip art but admit to liking comic sans. i don't know why it's considered so bad. i trust your advice and try to steer clear. but i feel sad that it's frowned upon. is it considered childish? that would be ironic because i write children's stories (with capital letters in all the right places)..

i'm not a fan of clip art but admit to liking comic sans. i don't know why it's considered so bad. i trust your advice and try to steer clear. but i feel sad that it's frowned upon. is it considered childish? that would be ironic because i write children's stories (with capital letters in all the right places).

Because it is old and outdated. It shows a lack of being in the current era. In its day it was the only real variable to a TT Font, so people flocked to it as a "Casual" and "Friendlier" font. Using it for newsletters and such.
It looks amateurish. It is band booster ish, from stay at home moms who print up flyers for pool parties along with clip art.
It is not professional.
.

I wonder what brought this 16 month old post back to life ... maybe because of halloween, old posts are rising from the archives and stumbling back to the front page.
Since we are talking about substitutions, I could read JB's comments on CS font just as easily if she were talking about a 70's hairstyle that she once tried. (Farrah Fawcett?)
.

I wonder what brought this 16 month old post back to life ... maybe because of halloween, old posts are rising from the archives and stumbling back to the front page.
Since we are talking about substitutions, I could read JB's comments on CS font just as easily if she were talking about a 70's hairstyle that she once tried. (Farrah Fawcett?)

Usually what happens is a spammer finds an old post and then it pops up again. The spam post is removed but the whole thread doesn't sink back into obscurity.
JB's not even old enough to have had FF hair... ;-) Now me? I skipped FF and had Dorothy Hamill hair!
.

I wonder what brought this 16 month old post back to life ... maybe because of halloween, old posts are rising from the archives and stumbling back to the front page.
Since we are talking about substitutions, I could read JB's comments on CS font just as easily if she were talking about a 70's hairstyle that she once tried. (Farrah Fawcett?)

Usually what happens is a spammer finds an old post and then it pops up again. The spam post is removed but the whole thread doesn't sink back into obscurity.
JB's not even old enough to have had FF hair... ;-) Now me? I skipped FF and had Dorothy Hamill hair!

actually I am and I did. it was the 1970's.
We went all the way to PB to the best stylist around, this marvalous flamboyant hairdresser who cut hair like nobody's business and we paid big bucks in those days for it. Funny thinking about it now. I remember the best part about the hairdresser was he made you feel great in the cut, not just a cut and how do you like it? after turning the chair around. Those are the best hair dressers. I need to find a new one...I don't get that any more.
Not knocking the oldest barber shop in Arkansas, btw that was a ton of fun and i learned about the commonwealth attorney's kidney stones. What more could I ask for!
Oh and btw I had the Dorothy Hamill wedge cut as well, a gold medalist? You bet.
.

I just never think you're that old...
.

I just never think you're that old...

I turn 47 tomorrow.
.

I just never think you're that old...

I turn 47 tomorrow.

Get out!
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And you are a young whippersnapper also

 

[Kay Nein]

i'm not a fan of clip art but admit to liking comic sans. i don't know why it's considered so bad. i trust your advice and try to steer clear. but i feel sad that it's frowned upon. is it considered childish? that would be ironic because i write children's stories (with capital letters in all the right places)..

i'm not a fan of clip art but admit to liking comic sans. i don't know why it's considered so bad. i trust your advice and try to steer clear. but i feel sad that it's frowned upon. is it considered childish? that would be ironic because i write children's stories (with capital letters in all the right places).

Because it is old and outdated. It shows a lack of being in the current era. In its day it was the only real variable to a TT Font, so people flocked to it as a "Casual" and "Friendlier" font. Using it for newsletters and such.
It looks amateurish. It is band booster ish, from stay at home moms who print up flyers for pool parties along with clip art.
It is not professional.
.

I wonder what brought this 16 month old post back to life ... maybe because of halloween, old posts are rising from the archives and stumbling back to the front page.
Since we are talking about substitutions, I could read JB's comments on CS font just as easily if she were talking about a 70's hairstyle that she once tried. (Farrah Fawcett?)
.

I wonder what brought this 16 month old post back to life ... maybe because of halloween, old posts are rising from the archives and stumbling back to the front page.
Since we are talking about substitutions, I could read JB's comments on CS font just as easily if she were talking about a 70's hairstyle that she once tried. (Farrah Fawcett?)

Usually what happens is a spammer finds an old post and then it pops up again. The spam post is removed but the whole thread doesn't sink back into obscurity.
JB's not even old enough to have had FF hair... ;-) Now me? I skipped FF and had Dorothy Hamill hair!
.

I rocked that Dorothy Hammil haircut... when I was 5!