Comments on: Microsoft Bob

By: Bea Cantor

Bea Cantor — Sat, 24 May 2008 11:33:58 +0000

Maybe this lack of font knowledge should be remedied by addressing it in a media literacy class. There are times when personal preference needs to be superseded by professionalism.

Just as Comic Sans bothers John, what bothers me are the fake script signatures on emails. Who do they think they're fooling? And in hot pink and neon green to boot.

By: John

John — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:30:57 +0000

And I think I could get at least 31 if I tried again...

Thanks, Dave.

By: John

John — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:24:27 +0000

Tim:

What would possess anyone to use Comic Sans on a... resume?

It's a rhetorical question; I've seen those before, too. I've heard some refer to Comic Sans as "the teacher's font." What?

I'll have to follow up with some more font posts in the future...

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:15:04 +0000

We occasionally have applicants for our ITRT positions who submit resumes in Comic Sans. For that alone, I sorely want to reject them out of hand but my boss insists we read and evaluate the content of the application.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:13:41 +0000

Bea: Fonts are protected creative works, if that’s what you’re asking. That’s actually a very big reason why you see relatively few fonts on the Internet.

Much font love to you, John, from another typography aficionado. I subscribe to the idea that people who don’t pay a lot of attention to fonts tend to use very extreme fonts because they can see the difference. Have you seen http://fontgame.ilovetypography.com ?

By: Bea Cantor

Bea Cantor — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:33:45 +0000

I know I’m the one who never notices the different fonts in documents, but I did see it in your example. I probably noticed the least important detail, the shape of the dots over the i.
And why isn’t there some sort of “font patent” taking care of all this??