{"id":22541,"date":"2010-11-12T19:31:32","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T03:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=22541"},"modified":"2010-11-12T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T20:02:04","slug":"comic-sans-and-candy-jars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/22541","title":{"rendered":"Comic Sans and candy jars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few weeks back, I was explaining to a culinary instructor the whole hate Comic Sans thing.<\/a><\/p>\n

She had just put together a bunch of slides for a presentation and picked Comic Sans as her font. <\/p>\n

And was really surprised at the reaction she got. Some members of the Hate Comic Sans faction were there that day and they made their presence known. To her dismay. <\/p>\n

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\nMy explanation uses an analogy that originated with designer Michael Leonardini: ‘Picking fonts is like going into a candy store. Even though there’s better things to pick, we’re drawn to the bright colors. And pick whatever’s in front of us.’<\/em><\/p>\n

I liken it to: You buy the cool jawbreakers (before you realize jawbreakers are a really horrible pick), but ignore the great Guittard<\/a> or Valrhona<\/a> bars over to the side. Even though that’s the best candy you’ll find in the store.<\/p>\n

So as I told the presenter: ‘You went down the font menu and hit upon the goofiest thing you could find. And that’s how Comic Sans ended up in your slides.’<\/p>\n

Even though a nice Valhrona bar – or Myriad – would do the job much better.<\/p>\n

I don’t hate Comic Sans. I just think there are better, easier to read options out there. Sophisticated picks that taste great, melt in your mouth and communicate extremely well.<\/p>\n

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Sans image via The Huffington Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\r\n\t

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