Why You Hate Comic Sans -- Comic Sans Hate
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David Kadavy's short presentation on why designers and others hate Comic Sans. He looks at the typeface's origins, including how it came from an era of low-resolution, unsmoothed screens where it read well.
HN people include it in reading lists for developers learning design and cite its explanation of why Comic Sans made sense on early low-res displays.
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