Spirit Unbroken: Abby’s Story October 16, 2011 Spirit Unbroken: Abby’s Story Comic Sans. Always a mark of quality. Spread the love Tags: bad font choice ◀ Meant to Be Tyler Palewhite: Soft-Boiled Detective ▶ 5 Comments Oldest Newest Most Voted Inline Feedbacks View all comments Cathy Adams 9 years ago I’m not getting the problem with this one. Someone explain to my graphic arts challenged mind why this font doesn’t work. Nick 9 years ago Reply to Cathy Adams Mostly because it’s overused in the extreme, I guess. Though with that said, I think this is actually a fairly good cover for this site’s standards. Editor DED 9 years ago Reply to Nick In the 2 1/2 years since this was posted, the bar for “lousy” has been raised. Karl 9 years ago Reply to DED God, what if there’s a Moore’s Law thing going on — the level of book-cover lousiness is doubling every 18 months?! Where once we thought a mere inappropriate use of Comic Sans was impressive, now we have vast petaFLOPS of lousiness at our disposal! Editor DED 9 years ago Reply to Karl Eeeee gad, man! I don’t want to even think that’s true.
I’m not getting the problem with this one. Someone explain to my graphic arts challenged mind why this font doesn’t work.
Mostly because it’s overused in the extreme, I guess. Though with that said, I think this is actually a fairly good cover for this site’s standards.
In the 2 1/2 years since this was posted, the bar for “lousy” has been raised.
God, what if there’s a Moore’s Law thing going on — the level of book-cover lousiness is doubling every 18 months?! Where once we thought a mere inappropriate use of Comic Sans was impressive, now we have vast petaFLOPS of lousiness at our disposal!
Eeeee gad, man! I don’t want to even think that’s true.