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Comic Sans is so universally reviled on the Internet that it’s become hilarious when people actually try to use it. I wish I could be like those people who can look at Comic Sans and just see it as a happy font. I wish I could see the entire world in Comic Sans and love it. I wish every company’s logo was in Comic Sans.
We’ve seen Comic Sans logos before but there is something about this new set that’s just tickling my belly. The famous tech logos actually take the Comic Sans punch quite well, it’s the other famous logos—like Coke or Mercedes Benz—that look laughably bad in Comic Sans. Like they immediately lose all their luster. Check out more logos in the series, Not Strong Mark, by Russian designer Oleg Tarasov here. [Not Strong Mark via Laughing Squid]
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Making fun of Comic Sans is now the activity of stupid people who want to feel more intelligent.
Oh, and self-plagiarists too, it seems: http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2011/12/turning-every-logo-into-comic-sans-is-the-best-worst-idea/
Not just that, it turns the discussion about font choice from an informed process into a Marmite-alike question of personal preference. Disliking Comic Sans seems to be a default state, such that those who use it in the worst scenarios will simply dismiss a contrary opinion as unworthy.
When I see the warning sign for a power substation written in Comic Sans, I know that the whole process that deals with legibility, implicit meaning and ease of use has been ignored. That undermines the importance of design as a means of conveying vital information.
Agreed.
Making fun of people making fun of Comic Sans is now the activity of self-righteous twats with an overly inflated sense of self who want to feel more intelligent by denigrating people and not realising the hypocrisy of his statement.
Oh,and :http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2011/10/full_retard.jpg
Making fun of people making fun of people making fun of… oh fuck it.
I’m trying desperately to think of a decent way to prove that I hated Comic Sans before it was in vogue to do so, but I’m drawing a blank. Having a father who had lots of typography books to look through at home when you’re drawing as a kid was definitely helpful!
Why does the Mercedes have a double s?
Think Giz are trying to prove that they’re not the only ones who don’t spell check their work
Hey! I think you’re bit a tad bit unfair here. The beauty of the internet is that we can edit our works after publication, unlike print titles (publications which employ many sub-editors to proof-read their articles, yet still manage to get the odd typo through — which you’d know all about, if you read The Guardian too). We’re not infallible — no publication is — so please cool it on the snark.
Oh the irony (I’m still not entirely sure if I actually know what irony is but it seems suitable here!). If only you had a comment edit button you could sort your ‘bit’s out if you know what I mean!
Must admit, my brain wasn’t exactly firing on all cylinders when I arrived in the office (90 minutes early) at 8am this morning, after only four hours’ sleep…
A little harsh don’t you think? Giz UK, in my opinion, is doing a sterling job. Perhaps you should learn to use a period in your wonderful castle of glass before throwing stones.
Hey now, it was meant in jest. Really don’t mind the occasional spelling faux pas, I was just pointing it out as there have been a few interesting ones recently – such as Lichtenstein.
But I take your point – throwing stones etc etc
Yawn……
I’m sure there are several fonts that would ruin the logo…
again….yawnnnn……
Like windings.
I don’t actually think it looks too bad for the Microsoft or Android logos, though it doesn’t really fit Microsoft (it kind of does for Android though).
I think the Ebay logo looks better in Comic Sans than their recent redesigned one, too.
Love the Coke logo in Comic Sans, also think the ebay logo looks ok.
Sure Comic Sans is not the most appropriate font for everything, but laughing at it because “OMG! it’s so bloody awful” is getting fairly tired now.
Laughably bad indeed… because the original logos were so lustrous, and these are lackluster.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7rd9s2DTj1rw4fxso1_400.gif
The Microsoft one looks quite fitting and the ebay one isn’t too bad either.
I don’t understand what’s going on. Are they trying to start a ‘thing’? You know, a movement of sorts. Do they want this to go ‘viral’ and start ‘trending’ around the world? I think we’re meant to help this gain traction. That’s a lot of responsibility really, and we weren’t even consulted. Hmph!
None of these run up to me, smack me in the face and declare “I’M COMIC SANS! HATE ME!”
These logos are quite inoffensive!
Making fun of Comic Sans is a form of bullying, poor Comic Sans, he’s the fat ginger kid of the font world. You should all be ashamed.
Meh, they look okay. I quite like the Coke one. There are plenty of fonts out there that would do a worse job.
I know it’s not the most attractive font, but Comic Sans has some merit. It was designed to be simple and easy to read, and is useful for people learning English or young children. It uses letters that look the same as non-cursive handwriting, for example the round ‘a’.
I work in early years and Comic Sans is used in many children’s educational items to create clear and understandable text.
(Almost) everything has some use!