Monday, September 8, 2008

You have the power



It has infiltrated our campus, it has poisoned our papers, and it continues to lurk on our computers. It is hideous, it is unprofessional, and it is a crime against the world of print. It is overused and it is overrated. It is infamous in the communications world and the mere sight of it sends a cringe into the depths of each of my bones.
It is Comic Sans MS, a disastrous font that should never have been created. Microsoft created the font in 1995 with the purpose of filling in the text bubbles in comics.
"Since that time the typeface has been used in countless contexts from restaurant signage to college exams to medical information. These widespread abuses of printed type threaten to erode the very foundations upon which centuries of typographic history are built," www.bancomicsans.com said about the atrocities Comic Sans has committed.
The font is used everywhere. Once you begin to pay attention to the ugly typeface you will find it all over our society, from loitering on billboards to lurking in our administration’s email inbox. It is scattered about the RHS campus, the Rocklin community, and the streets of America.
You have the power to end it. Stop the use of Comic Sans and join our fight to end the plague of the printing community. Ban Comic Sans.

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