My Kind of Culture Jamming
Friday, August 22, 2003It’s about time something was done about this. There’s only one thing worse than the overuse of Arial and Times New Roman—the overuse of Comic Sans.
Ban Comic Sans has initiated urban guerilla tactics to inform the public that typography is an artform and that Comic Sans needs to be Comic Sacked.
From their site:
bq. We believe in the sanctity of typography and that the traditions and established standards of this craft should be upheld throughout all time. From Gutenberg’s letterpress to the digital age, type in all forms is sacred and indispensable. Type is a voice; its very qualities and characteristics communicate to readers a meaning beyond mere syntax.
The site invites all lovers of type to rise up together and aid in the revolution. While I like to believe that every font has its use I do agree that Comic Sans has long worn out its welcome by its disgusting misuse by countless people with no design sensibilities.
Next can we eradicate Hobo?
Zombie Claire says:
Dude, MISTRAL is the font that has to go!
Why is it always, I hate Comic Sans, and yet people can perpetrate MISTRAL all the live long day and nobody says boo!?!?!
Or wait is MISTRAL so yucky that it’s gone 360 degrees and now it’s cool again? EXPLAIN TO ME JOHNNY.
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Robot Johnny says:
Oh no, you’re quite right. Mistral is barfy barfy. Have no fear, it’s not cool.... it’s no “ironic trucker hat.”
Zombie Claire says:
I like Johnny from the Train because he wears a trucker hat, yet, it’s not meant to be ironic, it’s because he’s white trash.
“That’s from the cave days ....”