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Re: Pronouns & sexualit

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 21:03
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Garth Wallace <gwalla@...> wrote: >> Comic Sans is despised by all right-thinking people. >> >> http://achewood.com/index.php?date=07052007 > > Because the Achewood gang are all right-thinking?  Or people? ;-) > > Comic Sans is a fine font for comics.  It's right there in the name. > People who use it elsewhere are simply misguided.  No reason to ban > the font.
Actually, it's a terrible font for comics, and wasn't intended for them; IIRC it was actually meant to be used on packaging for children's products. It's called "Comic sans" because it resembles comic strip hand-lettering, not because it was meant to be used in comics.