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There's nothing funny about Comic Sans - turns out it's bad for the environment

There is no font more hated than Comic Sans. For a while there, the serif-loving default impositi...
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10.21 8 Sep 2014


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There's nothing funny about Comic Sans - turns out it's bad for the environment

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10.21 8 Sep 2014


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There is no font more hated than Comic Sans.

For a while there, the serif-loving default imposition of Times New Roman looked set to be the one we all loathed. But then along came Comic Sans.

Comic sans is an unfunny joke. It's name almost literally translates as 'funless'. Comic Sans is the font the Internet loves to hate, from galleries of passive aggressive notes, to April Fools’ Day website alterations. Applying for a job with those curvy letters of misery on your CV?! Think you're getting that job? Forget it, Jake, it's Comic Sans.

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And now it turns out that not only is just silly looking, it’s also bad for the environment.

Did you know that when you change the typeface on a document to Comic Sans, you’re responsible for holes in the ozone layer? That when you look for a funky fresh font to engage hip young things and settle on Comic Sans, you basically endorse the destruction of the rainforest?

Well learn from the smart folks at PixartPrinting, in their hilarious infographic dedicated to the destruction of Comic Sans. 

(Image: PixartPrinting)


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