There must be some value in Comic Sans if millions of non-designers choose to use it on their signs and memos. Designers should be curious about this instead of feeling superior about it.
You’re reading Signal v. Noise, a publication about the web by Basecamp since 1999. Happy !
There must be some value in Comic Sans if millions of non-designers choose to use it on their signs and memos. Designers should be curious about this instead of feeling superior about it.
David Elliott
on 06 Jan 11No… there is no value in Comic Sans. You are wrong, and that is that.
Brad Fults
on 06 Jan 11Comic Sans Criminal treats the issue exactly how it should be treated: not with outright condemnation, but with analysis and recommendations.
Harry
on 06 Jan 11Not really. The reason why so many people use it is because it comes with Windows, and it is the only one of its kind.
Ryan Coughlin
on 06 Jan 11One thing I can say to play devils advocate, is that maybe because they are “non-designers” – they dont take it as serious as most designers. Seems most designers have a hate geared to that font. Then you can turn around and say that it is widely used all over. I feel it can go both ways.
You definitely see designers, “hating” it off the bat. Comes down to the designer.
Anonymous Coward
on 06 Jan 11@Harry – really good point, didnt think of that. One of the more “fun” fonts that come with the system.
Ryan Coughlin
on 06 Jan 11@Harry – really good point, didnt think of that. One of the more “fun” fonts that come with the system.
Harry
on 06 Jan 11Millions also use Arial instead of Helvetica for the same reason.
Javier
on 06 Jan 11Researchers at Princeton have found evidence that making something more difficult to learn improves long-term learning and information retention. More specifically, changing the typeface from something legible (like Helvetica) to something more difficult to read (like Monotype Corsiva or Comic Sans) increased retention in actual classroom settings.
Jason Terhorst
on 06 Jan 11Millions of people like to abuse drugs or alcohol. Millions of people like to listen to Justin Beiber. Just because millions of people like to do something, doesn’t make it a good idea.
Warren M
on 06 Jan 11There must be some value in junk food since millions of kids will choose it over nutritious food whenever they’re given a choice.
Javier
on 06 Jan 11Last comment comes from kottke.org article “Comic Sans will make you smarter”.
Stephen Collins
on 06 Jan 11Interesting take, and more than a little valid.
As a designer type (mostly UX and innovation focus), I personally dislike Comic Sans – I think it’s ugly and wouldn’t use it myself. But so many do, even if their choice is ill-considered, we should be looking to them as end users to discover why this is rather than engaging in self-aggrandising superiority.
Fred S
on 06 Jan 11Its only value is that its not Times or Arial.
JF
on 06 Jan 11The reason why so many people use it is because it comes with Windows, and it is the only one of its kind.
It’s fun. It gives people a sense of control over their computer. They’re bored by all the traditional fonts they have to use all day in the business writing and general computer usage. Comic Sans is a break from that. it’s an expression of their desire to be creative. There’s nothing at all bad about that.
Brad
on 06 Jan 11Millions of people like to abuse drugs or alcohol because they are lazy but want to stimulate their brains. Millions of people like Justin Beiber because his songs are positive. In every evil, there is some good. Thinking about what the good is is a useful exercise.
R Dugan
on 06 Jan 11When access to typeface options are incredibly limited, and a basic word processing app is all that’s available, I don’t think we there is a proper control in place to imply value based on popularity.
That’s like saying low quality meat, deep fat fried must have some intrinsic greater value because soooo many people choose it. FAST and CHEAP, my friend… that’s all!
Steve Brewer
on 06 Jan 11Why designers hate CS, a proof:
Comic Sans is popular with non-hipsters. Being popular with non-hipsters is by definition not hip. Hipsters hate all that is not hip. Ergo, hipsters hate Comic Sans.
Most designers are hipsters. Ergo, most designers hate Comic Sans.
Paul Straw
on 06 Jan 11I don’t necessarily disagree with your conclusion, but the logic used to reach it seems questionable:
There must be some value in table-based HTML layouts if millions of non-developers choose to use them on their websites. Developers should be curious about this instead of feeling superior about it.
There must be some value in not properly wiring electrical circuits if millions of non-electricians DIY it poorly in their own homes. Electricians should be curious about this instead of feeling superior about it.
Eric D. Fields
on 06 Jan 11There’s not much to be curious about. Think of the experience someone goes through before using comic sans. They pull down the list of fonts from Microsoft Word. They see, for the most part, sans-serif (boring), serif (stuffy), or Comic Sans (fun!). They go with the emotional connection. They move on with their lives.
Through nothing but random cosmic circumstance, Comic Sans is that fun font. Designers get picky about everything. Its their job. If Marker Felt was the fun font of the last 20 years, we’d be picking on that instead.
There’s not much to this discussion. There’s nothing to fix. There’s no betterment of the world to come out of this. If someone wants to spend their time praising or hating a font face, they can do that. Its just not going to change anything. It just doesn’t matter.
Steve Brewer
on 06 Jan 11Comic Sans is the Country Music of the design.
Shane
on 06 Jan 11Thousands of people do crack, meth, & heroin also! So I suppose their is some value to those as well. Perhaps we should rethink a lot of stupid things people do.
Sorry dude, people use comic sans is basically a lack of decision, or understanding. They use it because they open up word and it is there, not because it’s a GREAT font and designers and type nerds just don’t see the greatness in it.
David Elliott
on 06 Jan 11@JasonTerhorst said it best… just because millions of people do it, doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
Dave Land
on 06 Jan 11Instead of just hating it, why not become the hero of the self-appointed design cops?
Find out what appeals to people about Comic Sans. Do some friggin’ homework instead of bitching on forums. Is it popular because it’s “fun and friendly”? Maybe it’s “non-threatening”, or not “boring” like Helvetica or “stuffy” like Times? Maybe it even “improves long-term learning and information retention”, as Javier suggests. Then, armed with your friggin’ homework and your enormous ego — erm, talent — design a replacement that doesn’t piss you off so much.
This is why scientists have done extensive studies to understand what it is about junk food that appeals to kids: not just to sell ‘em more, but to try to make healthy foods that are as appealing.
Sachit Gupta
on 06 Jan 11Couldn’t you say the same for complicated business language? “There must be some value in complicated business language if millions of non-entrepreneurs choose to use it. Entrepreneurs should be curious about this instead of feeling superior about it.”
Obviously, I don’t believe what I wrote above, just like I don’t believe there’s actual value in Comic Sans.
Harry
on 06 Jan 11@JF Yes, but there are lots of fun fonts that aren’t poor, but Comic Sans was chosen. Microsoft is more guilty than the users.
kimblim
on 06 Jan 11There is absolutely nothing wrong with Comic Sans – it’s the wrong use of the font that is the problem. Using Comic Sans on a kid’s birthday invitation? Fine. Using Comic Sans on a business report? Not so much.
Pete
on 06 Jan 11With respect – I 1000% disagree with this. Kinda sounds like MySpace’s original thought about letting users “feel creative” I’d say (in that case) the experiment failed.
Giving users a sense of control and the ability to be creative is a nice idea and you’re right, there’s nothing wrong with this. In my experience, this rarely works without some type of predefined design structure. That said, the idea behind an “expression of a desire to be creative” is definitely worth investigating.
David Fitzgibbon
on 06 Jan 11I actually used it on a project today! It fit exactly what the client wanted. It’s perfect for certain situations.
And no, it wasnt a kids site!
Jay Carlson
on 06 Jan 11seriously, tho…it might be “ugly” to us designers, but it must do it’s job VERY well. why else would so many people use it?
Moises Kirsch
on 06 Jan 11Actually, Comic Sans can make you smarter: http://kottke.org/11/01/comic-sans-will-make-you-smarter
Phil Willis
on 06 Jan 11As a former Comic Sans user, it’s more of a comment on the limited number of standard fonts shipped with Windows.
For non-designers looking for a “non-boring” font – comic sans looks like the least-worst option.
Here’s a call to all font snobs and foundries …
Do us all a favor and call Microsoft offering your fonts to the standard Windows lineup and you could help become part of the solution.
Peldi
on 06 Jan 11This thread needs to have a link to this video in it: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766
Alex Bischoff
on 06 Jan 11I believe this line of reasoning may be suffering from an appeal to the majority. Whether or not Comic Sans has any value, the number of people who like it (or don’t like it) has no bearing on its merits.
Dan Boland
on 06 Jan 11It’s a dorky font, so people with dorky taste will use it. Nothing wrong with that, really. It’s the overuse of Papyrus that gets me to act snobbish.
Bjorn Roche
on 06 Jan 11Some dyslexic people find that Comic Sans is one of the more readable of the commonly-available Windows fonts, and we have used it on this web site in the past. Others find it too bold, too childish or too informal.
Beto
on 06 Jan 11http://goo.gl/JfUJa
Well, it seems that there are some educational benefits for using Comic Sans
Jules
on 06 Jan 11@R Dugan Aren’t FAST and CHEAP values as well?
Timothée Boucher
on 06 Jan 11Personally, I don’t have much against Comic Sans as a font in itself. The only thing would be the fact that when I see it I just think that the person who created the poster/flyer/sign has been lazy. I also don’t like when it’s used in a context that doesn’t call for a “fun” font. (e.g. I’d rather see “Please clean the meeting room after use” in Arial* than Comic Sans)
That being said, I think that if designers start getting curious about why it’s so popular and try to figure out what to do about it, the conclusion will most likely be to figure out how to have a more appealing-to-the-lazy replacement font included with a popular OS.
In the end, if something really needs to be done, Microsoft would be the one that can do something. As long as there’s something good enough, nobody who uses Comic Sans now will really miss it if it’s gone. Because they just don’t care about that stuff.
Helvetica is admittedly better, but let’s go with baby steps here.Kevin
on 06 Jan 11Does 37 Signals use Comic Sans anywhere (external)? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it in use.
Timothée Boucher
on 06 Jan 11Another thing: I wonder if one reason why Comic Sans is disliked so much is because the font rendering on Windows has been terrible for years (not sure how it is now).
Comic Sans is curvy and round everywhere. That doesn’t work well with bad (or inexistent) anti-aliasing/rasterization. Designers tend to use Macs which, in addition to having (arguably?) better fonts, are known to have had good font rendering from the start.
Stephen Jenkins
on 06 Jan 11I think it’s a simple as most office computer users basically knowing about three fonts, Times, Arial and the one that doesn’t look like Times or Arial -> Comic Sans.
For fun signs, notes, etc – they want to avoid the boring business-like stylings of Arial and Times, so they use “the other one”.
Dave R
on 06 Jan 11Totally agree. Here is a very funny take on Comic Sans that should be taken to heart:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/monologues/15comicsans.html
Andrew McKinney
on 06 Jan 11Microsoft designer Vincent Connare says that he began work on Comic Sans in October of 1994. Connare had already created a number of child-oriented fonts for various applications, so when he saw a beta version of Microsoft Bob that used Times New Roman in the word balloons of cartoon characters, he decided to create a new face based on the lettering style of comic books he had in his office, specifically The Dark Knight Returns (lettered by John Costanza) and Watchmen (lettered by Dave Gibbons).[3] He completed the face too late for inclusion in MS Bob, but the programmers of Microsoft 3D Movie Maker, which also used cartoon guides and speech bubbles, picked it up.
Andrew McKinney
on 06 Jan 11My intro got cut off, but the above is from Wikipedia. Designs should have a rationale and indeed this one does. Designers who dismiss Comic Sans outright are not doing their job.
Paul
on 06 Jan 11I agree that designers should be curious rather than feel superior when observing any user behavior.
I think most designer’s react against Comic Sans because it is normally used in error. Fonts should be used to communicate a specific message, not used for thoughtless self-expression.
Untrained people make all kinds of mistakes in every area (math, writing, etc.) and Comic Sans is one of the most obvious examples of a “design mistake.” Those of us who know better shouldn’t make fun of people who use it incorrectly but it doesn’t hurt to point out the error and shouldn’t surprise anyone that we do.
We feel irritated by blatant design mistakes in the same way a trained debater would feel irritated by reading a “debate” in the YouTube comments section.
rodrigo brancher
on 07 Jan 11comic sans was originally designed to integrate microsoft bob, a (catastrofically failed) tool to “provide a new, nontechnical interface to desktop computing operations”. but comic sans design is based on the american comic books handmade lettering…
duh, comic books lettering to operate computers? that’s totally out of place. it’s like that stupid tourist maps with ‘attractions icons’ out of scale, out of position, just to be ‘fun’. they are useless! a tourist is looking for valuable information, to know how to get to the place, etc.; a tourist is not a kid (or a moron) looking for ‘funny’ icons on a piece of paper… to this purpose, we have awesome kid books. not tourist city maps.
and i think this is comic sans in an e-mail or in a memo (or in a interface for desktop operations…). it’s a piece out of place. use it in a a comic book, and, wow, it’s not that bad –although we have better options. but outside the comic books context, it’s pure crap.
and, of course, that is because the font design itself is extremely poor in it’s form, structure, balance, clarity, etc… and that is acceptable only on very low-requirements contexts, like the comic books it came from.
so, when non-designers choose comic sans to memos or e-mails, they are making a foolish option, ignoring the real purpose of the message they are sending and/or it’s context. and that is the real pain in receiving comic sans messages –their mediocrity goes very far beyond the typeface option, because they are not really thinking about what they are doing. not in a meaningful way. and that is really sad…
Matt Dempsey
on 07 Jan 11As the designer of ComicSansCriminal.com, a source of much of the recently reignited discussion around the font, you’d probably expect me to totally disagree with you. The truth is I don’t, not entirely anyway.
Comic Sans is technically a poorly designed font, with inconsistent weighting and kerning. To a trained designer, these details make Comic Sans an eyesore and it’s appearance is the reason most designers hate it. However, there’s no denying that Comic Sans is a fun, friendly font, and certainly has it’s uses.
It’s a very readable font, and is one of the only fonts that has an ‘a’ exactly the way children are taught to write an ‘a’, which is one of the reasons it’s used so much in schools. It’s also a great font for dyslexics: The weighting of the strokes is the same throughout, like hand writing. There are no fancy details making letters hard to recognise and the ascenders and descenders are all fairly long. All these qualities contribute to making a font easier to read for those with dyslexia.
Comic Sans Criminal sets out circumstances for the font’s only acceptable uses: for children, comic books and dyslexics. However, this is all slightly tongue in cheek. There really is no real issue in my mind with adults using it for genuinely fun and friendly uses, like catch up emails to friends and notes to your partners.
The issue I have is context and appropriate use, as I’ve tried to outline on the site. You shouldn’t use Comic Sans in a doctors letter, or on an ambulance, or on a danger sign, or in any circumstance when the person or people you’re communicating with are people that you wouldn’t act with in a fun and friendly way if you were speaking to them face to face. If you’re in a serious business meeting, use a formal font. If you’re in a situation where you’d be totally comfortable playing a practical joke, use a fun font.
The fact of the matter is that it comes with Windows, and basically always has. Despite having an increasingly good selection of default fonts, most Windows users know Arial, Times New Roman and Comic Sans, and that’s all they’ll ever use.
No amount of moaning designers will ever rid the world of Comic Sans, but two weeks in and ComicSansCriminal.com has had almost half a million visitors. Though most of these visitors are undoubtedly Comic Sans hating designers already, I take great comfort in knowing that there are a few everyday folk out there who as a result, might think twice before using Comic Sans inappropriately in the future.
There’s a huge amount of value in Comic Sans when used appropriately, but only when it’s used appropriately.
Duich
on 07 Jan 11We developed an id for an environmental contracting company. They said “can we see it in Comic Sans?.” My instinct was no. But in the end I let them see it. 1t took two seconds for them to see why not.
Natalia Ventre
on 07 Jan 11I respect people who believe Comic Sans is friendly and fun, specially in fuchsia.
I don’t feel superior for choosing other fonts, and I’m not an anti Comic Sans evangelist but I just can’t use it. Comic Sans is a tabu in the design community.
Caleb Clauset
on 07 Jan 11FWIW, many K-6 teachers use it because the shape of its letter ‘a’ is more like how they teach handwriting.
Dmitry
on 07 Jan 11When I was using Windows, I’ve used Comic Sans as a font for the code, and it was the best coding font I’ve ever used. It just feels right. Don’t know why, probably, because it feels like a hand-written font, but is still readable on the screen.
Zak
on 07 Jan 11More importantly, who cares? I’m a designer, I love design and it’s my passion, but I’m too busy being a designer to freak out over the “out of order” sign on the bathroom at Starbucks being visually askew. I think it’s funny when fancy restaurants in Rome use it on their signs and menus, but it’s certainly nothing to get upset over, especially on a day when John Boehner is being sworn in as Speaker of the House.
Hashmal
on 07 Jan 11A lot of designers are educated to be condescending toward everything that is “not made by a designer”. Teachers show bad examples of logotypes (“you see? Only a designer can do a proper job!”). The truth is that Comic Sans is (shape balance, legibility…) is a perfectly fine typeface.
The truth is that its misuse is not that important (if only it was the only problem in the world of text presentation…), and more adventurous than “what should I use? I know! Helvetica!!”.
Eric
on 07 Jan 11Maybe a combination of it being a “fun” font as previously mentioned, but it is also relatively close to the top of the font list.
First font they find that looks like a winner?
frank katzer
on 07 Jan 11the only value to comic sans is, that it is available to many “designers” because its a default font on windows machines. that’s it. it’s an eye-powder. no more value than that.
frank katzer
on 07 Jan 11btw: nice blog post to get much traffic!
Fabrice
on 07 Jan 11It has a “homey” feel to it, and I suspect people feel more comfortable with it. In their mind, “can’t possibly go wrong with this”. They don’t have to understand thick/thin, serifs, and whatnot.
tx
on 07 Jan 11:) thankfully stolen from paul straws comment:
There must be some value in table-based HTML layouts if millions of non-developers choose to use them on their websites. Developers should be curious about this instead of feeling superior about it.
CS RULZ, TABLES + FRAMES EVEN MORE !
Nathan
on 07 Jan 11I think comic sans has value, but the biggest problem like many people have said, is that its severely misused by a lot of people. There is nothing wrong with pointing that out, as many designers do.
I’m guessing the real catalyst for Ryan’s statement is the very prevalent superior attitude many designers have. And the practice of making fun of the use of comic sans as a badge of being a ‘true’ designer. Its very hip right now to be a typography buff, or at least to act like one. Am I guessing right at all Ryan?
Suhrid Karthik
on 07 Jan 11Comic Sans is truly an abomination sir. Sorry. By a weird coincidence this is today’s Explosm comic strip.
Kevin Burr
on 07 Jan 11Nope, I still feel superior. :-P
Rod
on 07 Jan 11I think Comic Sans is informal and personal and is great for kids and parties, but using it in the workplace or for public information is of like purposely seeking out a third grader to write out your notices, memos and bulletins because its cute. There are plenty of other informal fonts to choose from that look somewhat professional at the same time.
hasen
on 07 Jan 11The people who bring example of shitty ideas used by millions of people aren’t getting the point. The point is not to “admit” it’s a good idea, the point is to figure out what is the thing in it that all these people seem to want. The thing/idea as a whole might be crap, but there’s something in it that people want.
Complex enterprise processes satisfy the bossy nature of bosses. It gives the impression (or illusion?) of structure and predictability.
If only one could “extract” this value and put it in a “good” package.
Guy C
on 07 Jan 11I think it’s something to do with people seeing Comic Sans as being more “human”, because it kind of looks hand written, and therefore can make a sign look less like an order from some anonymous corporate body and more like it put up by an actual person who you might actually know. It’s softer.
And I bet most messages that use that typeface are written in an informal way too.
I’m not defending the design, I’m just saying that’s why I think some people choose to use it.
If there’s a lesson there, it’s that many people want to use machines to communicate warmth, and I guess they struggle to find a simple way to do that.
As designers and developers we need to make that easier to do.
Maha
on 07 Jan 11Geeks seem incapable of understanding why aren’t other people fascinated by the things that hold geeks enthralled. In this case, it’s the choice of font that holds endless fascination for the hipsters (another word for geeks).
The cold hard fact is that, out there in the harsh world inhabited by regular people, no one gives a rat’s ass about the fonts. Geeks/hipsters find that unacceptable, and yet that’s how it is.
Jay Godse
on 07 Jan 11I am not a designer. I can barely spell CSS. I am not good with matching colours, styles, socks, shirts & pants, etc. I think that the Rails default CSS and layouts are beautiful.
I love Comic Sans. From a McLuhan-istic point of view, I think that prose using Comic Sans is a cooler medium (by McLuhan’s definition) than the same prose using Arial or Times because it forces the brain to work a big harder to understand the letters, and is therefore more engaging.
I also like Comic Sans because it gives a less formal feeling to communication, which makes it more engaging for me.
Chris Stegner
on 07 Jan 11A lot of people do things when doing them for themselves that they would not be willing to pay for and that is the important part that you’re missing.
If I want wrinkles out of my shirt half the time I’ll throw it in the dryer for 5 min, because I’m in a rush. But if I took my shirt to the dry cleaner and they tossed it int he dryer for 5 min and handed it back to me I wouldn’t come back.
So I think you’re really missing the ball on this one. It doesn’t matter what millions of people do for themselves it’s how they react to it when they are paying someone else for it.
Now if you were to tell me that you did an A/B test and got 90% conversions on a page that used Comic Sans versus 20% on a site that used Helvetica, well then I would put a lot more weight into the reconsideration of using Comic Sans.
Fair enough?
Daniel Genser
on 08 Jan 11To me the more unforgiveable non-designer typographic faux pas is the use overuse of the font Papyrus. It’s almost always used to overtly suggest ‘serenity’, ‘peacefulness’, ‘premium’, etc. It suggests self-concious overstatement.
Michael
on 08 Jan 11The bulk of designers don’t really know why Comic Sans is supposed to be bad. It’s cheap signalling from them.
Tane Tachyon
on 08 Jan 11As a person who uses it on one of her web pages, there really aren’t that many web-safe fonts out there, and sometimes you just want something big, casual, and readable. And with so many people out there who like to fixate on and pile on about and attempt to police small details of the appearance of their fellow human beings in addition to their fellow human beings’ web pages, it can also bring some entertainment value to annoy those people by doing things like wearing socks with sandals or using Comic Sans on a web page.
I do completely stay away from Papyrus, though.
Daniel
on 09 Jan 11It’s the only readable font that goes beyond the conventional Times and Arial (from a PC user who loved - okay, I exaggerate; used - Comic Sans during the days of ICQ and MSN).
Darren
on 10 Jan 11“and that is acceptable only on very low-requirements contexts, like the comic books it came from.” – by rodrigo brancher
The accepted requirements for text in a “comic book” is clear, legible and easy on the eye. These are also the generally accepted requirements for text used in a design of any nature be it digital or print. All design must consider the person who will eventually use/view the end result and if a large majority of these users identify/like a certain font who are we as designers to discount that? There is a relationship there, be it good or bad and it is for us to figure out the why.
Good design is made to satisfy the brief which should be written mainly from the view of the end user. Yes the company wants to portray an image, yes we as designers should be passing on our knowledge on font styles and interpretation but if the boots fits… If CS is the perfect choice for the job at hand why shouldn’t we use it? For us to remove a choice from our library of fonts because we don’t like it is not doing your job as a designer.
Personal choice should not be part of any design. Design should always be focused somewhere other than the designers tastes (unless of course you’re the end user or think the end users would not appreciate CS).
The very fact that a large majority of the design community choose to disregard a large set if data which could lead to new ideas and innovations in typography causes concern.
Are we as designers to emotionally invested in our designs? Do we over fancy our designs when just plain old simple would do? Are we as designers not just a little “up ourselves” to believe we can tell people what they should like and not enhancing or using the things they tell us they like? Are we stifling our creativity by not including something because it does not meet with our singular personal approval? Where does the client fit in this or the end user?
foljs
on 10 Jan 11There must be some value in table-based HTML layouts if millions of non-developers choose to use them on their websites. Developers should be curious about this instead of feeling superior about it.
Actually, there is. Grid based layout is an established concept, widely used in software UI design and even in traditional layout (e.g. in DTP). Tables for web layout are an example of a Grid based layout technique. Are they perfect? No. Where they designed for this purpose? No.
But CSS wasn’t designed for layout also—it was designed for styling. And the “float” property was not designed to layout pages with. CSS layout is an abuse of the tool too. The very necessity of something like …”faux columns” should make it evident to any impartial observer. But designers, not coming from a programming background, often don’t know any better.
With CSS3 W3C got it right and added some proper layout capabilities with the CSS Grid Positioning module ( http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-grid/ ). Too bad it’s still not implemented in browsers.
wilman
on 11 Jan 11I guess most of non designers use it just because it’s fun. It looks different and find it attractive.
The issue at stake here I think is that when you learn more about communication and fonts you really learn what font to use in every situation according to what you need to convey. However, most people dont care about that.
They just care about being original, creative and ‘make the difference’ in their new design world. They also find it funny I guess.
In a nutshell, they explore new possibilities with what they have at hand without taking serious rules into account, simply because they dont know them. With all due respect to non designers. Enviado desde mi BlackBerry device de Ancel.
Hashim Warren
on 11 Jan 11It looks like handwriting. That’s why people choose it. It feels more human
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