Tuesday, January 18, 2011

fonts

"Comic Sans" is not an available font on this station. This disappoints us. Especially since both Helvetica and Arial, the latter being Microsoft's Helvetica-rip-off, are included. "Comic Sans" is much maligned, rightly or wrongly (who's to say?) but not to have the option of employing it is terrible. Some situations absolutely cry, scream and beg for "Comic Sans". "I <3 Helvetica" [the middle symbol, for those unaware, means "love": it's less than three. The heart has two chambers, not three, unless we're talking about Martian hearts]... where were we? Oh, yes, the unparenthetical statement in the previous sentence is fine when constructed with the good old work-horse "Courier", or even "Helvetica" itself if you're so inclined, but put it in "Comic Sans" and you have a real coup d'espere, or whatever it is. Don'tcha think?

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