Mark
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I know the rules. I know the memes. I know graphic designers literally lose sleep over this font existing. But sometimes... sometimes Comic Sans just works.
I was making a little handout for my niece's lemonade stand last weekend, and I tried all my "respectable" fonts—Helvetica, Garamond, even Futura. Everything looked either too corporate or too fancy for a 7-year-old trying to sell 50-cent cups of sunshine.
Then I typed it in Comic Sans and suddenly it was perfect. It felt handmade, friendly, approachable. The kids loved it. The lemonade sold out.
Now I'm questioning everything I thought I knew about typography. Is "good design" sometimes just... wrong for the moment?
I also have a weird soft spot for Papyrus (please don't unfriend me) whenever I see anything vaguely mystical or spiritual. It's so extra, so try-hard, yet my brain goes "ah yes, this must be important ancient wisdom."
And don't even get me started on Cooper Black—that chunky 70s vibe that looks like it wandered off a Grateful Dead poster. It's objectively kind of ridiculous, but put it on a t-shirt or a album cover and suddenly it's iconic .
So spill it—which font are you embarrassed to love? Which one makes you feel like a design traitor? Let's confess our typography sins together!
I was making a little handout for my niece's lemonade stand last weekend, and I tried all my "respectable" fonts—Helvetica, Garamond, even Futura. Everything looked either too corporate or too fancy for a 7-year-old trying to sell 50-cent cups of sunshine.
Then I typed it in Comic Sans and suddenly it was perfect. It felt handmade, friendly, approachable. The kids loved it. The lemonade sold out.Now I'm questioning everything I thought I knew about typography. Is "good design" sometimes just... wrong for the moment?
I also have a weird soft spot for Papyrus (please don't unfriend me) whenever I see anything vaguely mystical or spiritual. It's so extra, so try-hard, yet my brain goes "ah yes, this must be important ancient wisdom."
And don't even get me started on Cooper Black—that chunky 70s vibe that looks like it wandered off a Grateful Dead poster. It's objectively kind of ridiculous, but put it on a t-shirt or a album cover and suddenly it's iconic .
So spill it—which font are you embarrassed to love? Which one makes you feel like a design traitor? Let's confess our typography sins together!
