If every font has a personality, what does the one you’re using say about you?
It’s a question worth asking.
I’m just the kind of nerd who spends hours (ok, exaggeration) choosing a font for each class I teach. I then spend more hours throughout the semester making sure each presentation and handout I give in the class adheres to the chosen font.
Why? Simply, fonts make a me happy.
Changing your font is like altering your paradigm; it allows you to see the same world through a different lens.
As a full-time reporter I loved to change my font style and color (much to my editor’s disdain), just to get a fresh perspective.
Yes, I’m a certifiable font lover. It’s ironic that the font I hate is the happiest of them all.
I loathe Comic Sans. If every font says something about you (and it does), Comic Sans screams: “Don’t take me seriously. I’m an idiot who can’t be trusted to get any job done.”
The only thing worse than Comic Sans is purple or pink Comic Sans.
The font, inspired by comic books, is meant to be casual and fun, perhaps even silly. This personality should be enough to send warning signals to keep it out of the office. Unfortunately, some people missed the message. I’ve frequently seen Comic Sans on auto signatures, resumes, fliers, and pamphlets, sending what I only can assume is the opposite message than what was intended.
Imagine my glee when I discovered that there is an actual movement to ban Comic Sans. Read all about it in “Typeface Inspired by Comic Books Has Become a Font of Ill Will.” There’s even a website about “Putting the Sans” in Comic Sans.”
Yes, I know, these people should have more to do with their time but apparently they don’t, so who am I to stop them?
Then remove Comic Sans from any materials you want people to take seriously.
