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nabla9last Thursday at 11:41 AM7 repliesview on HN

I think we all can agree that Comic Sans MS reflects the current US government best, both spiritually and aesthetically.


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ndkaplast Thursday at 3:47 PM

As an aside, I didn't know what Comic Sans looks like, so I searched on Google and it rendered the whole page in that font. I tried with other Fonts too like Arial and Times New Roman, and it did the same there. So cool!

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nimbiuslast Thursday at 2:33 PM

i tend to find the kerning issues noted by the calibri team are moot. most Times New Roman is perfectly legible with careful observation and maybe a fresh cup of covfefe.

butchcassidilast Thursday at 12:08 PM

I would rather see Wingdings.

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lo_zamoyskilast Thursday at 12:10 PM

I would say it’s worse than that. Read Plato’s “Republic” and you may come to appreciate a much more expansive appropriateness of Comic Sans, beyond just the current administration.

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adolphlast Thursday at 2:45 PM

Your comment may be in jest but there is some evidence that "easier to read" does not benefit "retain what was read."

  And that brings us back to these ugly fonts. Because their shapes are 
  unfamiliar, because they are less legible, they make the mind work a little 
  harder; the slight frisson of Comic Sans wakes us up or at least prevents us 
  from leaning on the usual efficiencies. “The complex fonts . . . function 
  like an alarm,” Alter writes. They signal “that we need to recruit additional 
  mental resources to overcome that sense of difficulty.”
  
https://lithub.com/the-ugliness-of-comic-sans-has-a-practica...
jpsterlast Thursday at 10:43 PM

I beg to differ. Wingdings is more like it.

amypetrik8last Thursday at 5:17 PM

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