Talk:Comic Sans
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I can't help but get the feeling that a lot of people hate this font just because it's Microsoft-y. (yeah, I know...) Some people need to get a grip.
someone interested in starting a petition against comic sans to always ban this font from planet earth? contact me, --Abdull 16:58, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I'm not really the petition-signing type, but I'm with you in spirit. Rhobite 18:03, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
the "Sample of the Comic Sans typeface" does not work here.. the font called "Comic Sans MS" here, not "Comis Sans" .. -- 219.77.34.79 03:49, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
People can type in whatever font they want. It's a free Internet, and that petition is ruining Internet freedom.--72.49.52.246 21:27, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Shiny, happy euros
Regarding the euro paragraph and the revert: how is this OR? It's an accurate description of what's in the font. See page two of this thread [1] for a discussion. Dyfsunctional 18:39, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
- Well, you were the person who brought it up over there, so it's still arguably original research . . . but I see you got several people to agree with you. :) It is an interesting tidbit. It would be nice if we could integrate it more smoothly into the text. Perhaps as support for Connare's claim that the typeface was designed for children's software? (In the spirit of full disclosure, I'm one of those Wiki editors who dislikes "Trivia" sections on instinct . . . .) —BrianSmithson 13:11, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- I can't seem to reproduce the "Happy Eye Euro" in Microsoft Word XP? What gives? :D 66.91.193.112 12:50, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Parent typefaces category
Please see Category talk:Typefaces#Should typefaces go in parent category?. I'd like to get this settled one way or the other. —Chowbok 00:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hyphens vs. em dashes
As somebody once told me: don't change em dashes to hyphens (or vice versa). This contravenes the guidance given in Wikipedia:Manual of style (dashes):
- In the interests of Wikipedia:Wikilove, editors are encouraged to be accepting of others' dash preferences and not to modify a chosen style arbitrarily in the same way as they would refrain from arbitrarily changing "artefact" to "artifact" (or vice versa). The following five dash styles are currently in use on Wikipedia. Please do not change them to reflect your preference.
—Chowbok 21:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Benefits of Comic Sans MS?
My future father-in-law works in Adult Education here in the UK. He claims that students with learning difficulties (I don't know what kind of learning difficulties) find Comic Sans MS to be the easiest font to read both in print and on-screen.
I have briefly searched for some kind of official source about this and came up with this. The second paragraph of the section titled "Comic Sans" refers to a UK study of people with dyslexia.
I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts on this as an argument against an outright ban, though I take the point on the above link regarding the focus of the research.
--Umnumshibai 00:19, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
