![]() No wonder that such a vast misuse of a font has caused a big anti-Comic Sans campaign: various websites offers hilarious photostreams of Comic Sans spotted everywhere in the world one can also email a comical educational pamphlet for a friend who is suspected to be a comic sans criminal. Ever since it’s first appearance in 1995, Comic Sans is now everywhere, even on the sides of ambulances or gravestones. But when it comes to real examples, a restaurant menu presented in this font looks more like a kindergarden canteen while a warning sign loses its all respect immediately and seems to be rather an April Fool’s joke…Īs if it was not enough, this font proves to be contagious. ![]() If some well-known logos were replaced with Comic Sans, it would look rather homely, warm, inoffensive and simply unsuitable. ![]() Yet it is also immature, juvenile and silly as if written by a 6-year-old, yelling ‘bad taste’ at everything where it pops out. Its naive, innocent and childlike appearance makes it so attractive for primary teachers and prayer groups of local churches. It is difficult to find a font or, frankly speaking, any piece of design which would be accepted more controversially than Comic Sans MS. ‘The worst of the worst’ may sound dramatic, but this is a title used talking about… typography. Nevertheless, sometimes ‘bad’ is not enough to describe public opinion about a design piece. Being nominated as the worst is rather a dishonor for every designer or design company no matter if it’s a car or a pair of shoes. However, when all the winners are praised, the time comes to remember those who weren’t lucky enough to fit on the pedestal. The best is picked out of everything, “from beds to breakfasts through jeans to genes”. Annual design awards is an event which is announced almost by every design magazine/ company/ institution, whether it is the influential “Wallpaper” or just a blog of a random fashion lover.
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