Comic Sans as Faux pas

[Katedesign]

This is a lovely chart for all designers to take a look at!

‘Comic Sans as Faux Pas’: a Quick and Comprehensive Type Guide - DesignTAXI.com

[spottypenguin]

I like that a lot, thanks

[Paul Murray]

It give tips on: the ‘messages’ that some types sends, such as Arial as neutral...

Is that a genuine statement endorsing the use of Arial? Eurgh.

[garywaiman]

I love Design Taxi, I read their articles religiously :D

[alicehwalker]

This is awesome! I've seen it do the rounds on twitter! I thought it was really helpful! I just enjoy looking at infographics!

[ARRIVALS]

This is awesome! I've seen it do the rounds on twitter! I thought it was really helpful! I just enjoy looking at infographics!

And me. There's something really quite nice about looking at info-graphic. The way the words relate to the images, layout etc is lovely.

[Dave L]

To be frank, I'm becoming a little tired of the whole sneery Comic Sans thing. I also see it's used liberally in the title sequence for Stephen Fry's new series of flagship documentaries for the BBC on language. Backlash, anyone?

[Katedesign]

OK, I confess, I have used Comic Sans on a logo!

My pet hate font is Brush Script.

[richimgd]

Comic sans isn't some kind of 'in joke' designers use, we aren't all sheep saying it, so its not something you need to rebel against. It is a font non-designers use because they cant see how absolutely horrendous it is. It is up to us designers to set an example and not to use it. There are millions of other better fonts out there.

[Dave L]

We all get that (and any serious attempt at rehabilitating Comic Sans would be motivated by pure bloody-mindedness), but my observation is that the ubiquitous sneery response is every bit as tedious as the font itself.