Comments on: Microsoft Bob: Microsoft’s biggest flop of the 1990s

By: Verena VLL

Verena VLL — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:31:13 +0000

In reply to Shirley Marquez. And in todays world there is comic code as a monospace option for many coders who are willing to pay for a font.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:44:10 +0000

I have, a couple times in my former career as an interaction designer, had clueless bosses press me to implement exactly this type of UI, as though they came up with this “great idea”. Both times, I managed to wiggle out of it, but I made no friends in the process.

Sure wish I could invest in Stupid. It’s a growth market.

By: Dave Farquhar

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 20:51:01 +0000

In reply to Shirley Marquez. Overuse and misuse is a common problem with fonts. I absolutely hated Helvetica in the 90s. Not because it's a bad font, it's one of the greatest fonts of all time. But because 99% of documents used it, I got sick of looking at it. Now that you don't see it nearly as often it looks like a classic font again.

By: Shirley Marquez

Shirley Marquez — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 20:47:04 +0000

The criticism of Comic Sans is misplaced. It’s a perfectly fine typeface when used for its intended purpose, which is to emulate hand drawn lettering of comics as its name implies. I understand that many dyslexic people find it easy to read.

The people that should get criticized are the ones who use it in inappropriate ways. Comic Sans was never intended to be a body typefaces for most purposes. Nor was it intended to be a display typeface for general purpose use, though it’s fine if it’s associated with things like comics.