Comments on: Comic Sans is NOT Okay

By: Rob Kelly

Rob Kelly — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:45:47 +0000

Adobe Caslon Pro was my choice for the bulk of my church’s print design. It also does well on screen. I’ve always been fond of Helvetica as well… it’s a font that I see everywhere and it never gets old.

By: Rose Coward

Rose Coward — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:59:23 +0000

Just like that verse, “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver”. So is a font fitly chosen. FYI, I have my E-Sword Bible font set to Comic Sans because I find it the most reader friendly. I have an aversion to fonts with feet. (But occasionally they have their place).

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:33:39 +0000

I LOVE YOU!!! Finally someone who understands!!!!

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:22:56 +0000

Amen, amen, a hundred times AMEN! With everything that is in me I despise Comic Sans. Especially when used as body text. BLECH!

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:52:06 +0000

Thanks for making Church Marketing suck just a little less. I’ll have to agree with Comic Sans needing to be ban from existence, but I’ll also have to go ahead and say the same for Times New Roman. I went for about two years trying not to throw up whenever I saw it after needing to use TNR for a long period of time. I’ve never had that reaction to a font before. Is that reaction related to your colon too? Must be!

By: raj

raj — Tue, 09 May 2006 05:03:15 +0000

This is an unnecessary exageration of matters. Blowing things out of proportion.

By: Kelly Filgo

Kelly Filgo — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:24:25 +0000

We use Fritz Quadrata family for our logo and headers on printed materials and ITC Stone Sans for copy on all printed pieces. Stone Sans is the Primary font for our current capital campaign as well.
My favorite typographic peeve is folks who use display fonts in eyeball bleeding colors in emails (Robin, if you read this I’m talking about YOU!). Do us all a favor and help us read your email by using easy to read fonts in a color that doesn’t dissapear on your background color. Of course black text on white background is perfect.

By: Mike Kern

Mike Kern — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:52:06 +0000

While I have no love for Comic Sans, context does play a role. I haven’t designed projects with Comic Sans, but if a client requests it and it really does fit with the personality of their church it might be appropriate.
I agree with McMuller’s post. Use fonts like Comic Sans thoughtfully and sparingly, just as you would any overused font.
I think a question that would be more helpful would be: Which fonts do you find appropriate and use most often for church communications?

By: CHris Barr

CHris Barr — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 05:27:17 +0000

Just found this site today, and I love it. This particular entry I found very entertaining because I go to a digital art school, and one of the first things they teach us is to never use Comic Sans! In fact, they pointed us to http://www.bancomicsans.com
Someday I will buy a shirt from them and wear it proudly. On the front in huge comic sans letters it says “this is not a font”

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 11:54:58 +0000

my rec is to goto 1001freefonts.com and download some sweet font action into your windows font folder- that way they’re Adobe, Word, Excel, PC accessible.