Comic Sans - How Can Someone Hate a Font?

Comic Sans is easily one of the most disliked fonts. Before I used it in a recent video, I had no idea this was the case. This video takes a look into the font and attempts to explain the hatred.
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[@jordanowens8231]

Told not to use Comic Sans... makes an entire video about it. Savage af.

[@TheRedCap]

**Airhorn noises insue**

[@companyman114]

Not the way I intended it to appear but this is one the funniest comments I've seen.

[@eNodeTG]

Lolllllll ROTFLMAO

[@smc4600]

jordan owens Thank you for creating interesting vids and being professional and not cursing constantly like other KZbinrs.

[@Rugoraige]

Lol if someone needs to teach a lesson about typography... cuz hes totally right...

[@joebaumgart1146]

Comic sans is unprofessional. So that's why I do all of my reports in Wing Dings

[@jaysonedson]

What a loser. WingDings 2 is were it's at bruh

[@wilhelmbeaston8003]

If you're not using WebDings, you're going to hell.

[@retf8977]

Joe Baumgart nah I use papyrus

[@Mohamedmifxal]

I use Disney font all the time. In fact i wrote my last resignation letter to a shitty boss in that font.

[@binsnarb]

You must watch rick and morty to be that intelligent

[@TheMadRatKing]

“Fonts are like guns” That one’s sticking with me for a while

[@vampirelessons]

still sticking?

[@KosherPorky]

@JoeysRattata Me: ꟻ Officer: PUT THE FONT DOWN

[@ThatNerdAlbert]

@MAHO NO SHOJO INC. ._.

[@clip8511]

do fonts have recoil

[@hhhcirA]

Just some reminder that mlg god(materialisimo) are using comic sans

[@AD_Nelson]

"Why do people hate comic sans?" *Megalovania stops*

[@turtlie7309]

*megalovania requiem starts*

[@MarcoPolo-py4lv]

HAHAHAHA HE MADE A REFERENCE TO UNDERTALE LMAO 😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@easytech9053]

Marco Polo ikr

[@sansnetic9509]

Evoled megalovania starts.

[@oreo1749]

I just like it because it’s the most similar to my own handwriting

[@elijahhawkins3909]

Comic Sans is perfect for toys r us. As it's so uncalibrated that it looks perfect

[@ashleydurden7179]

You're right. That is not a bad font for a thumbnail to a video about the decline of a toy store chain.

[@littlered6340]

Right? Right? People are so determined to meme hate this font, still, in 2020, that they told someone not to use it when it was entirely appropriate. I didn't even notice it was CS because it matched so perfectly. It was a great decision and I hope this doesn't make him decide not to use a perfectly legitimate font in the future.

[@racheln8563]

Little Red Exactly. People hate it because it’s considered hip to hate. It’s certainly not a great font to use if you want to be taken seriously, but it doesn’t deserve the loathing, either. Personally, I think Helvetica is more bland than Comic Sans, and is, unfortunately, everywhere.

[@thechubster3423]

700th like

[@bunnybunnz]

*was

[@walterbrink5391]

I like comic sans cuz it does not have the weird "a”

[@ttwelvey]

It’s funny how most people write the their a’s the same way comic sans does but most fonts use the a with an arch

[@Fraudjaku]

Aa

[@xexpaguette]

Not to mention capital I and lowercase l are different in the font. F i N d t H e d I f F e R e N c E ! IIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIII It's 12.

[@Bred0nSch00lV2]

How is a double-storey "a" weird? :-D

[@a_viewer5386]

SAME

[@shinypikagaming]

I like using comic sans just because “haha funnee font.”

[@johnclydeceniaberdigay3825]

But, Comic Sans is also hated by some people!

[@pineforest1442]

John Clyde Cenia Berdigay haters gonna hate.

[@sonnyfox60]

I was told by my teachers to only ever use comic sans. It’s stuck with me ever since. I only use that or some out there one to be stupid.

[@coolminer6242]

Please stop. Do it for the children.

[@guttaknight64]

Yessir

[@justgoose8380]

not gonna lie I'm not really bothered by the font. Maybe there is something wrong with me, or maybe I'm immune to common hate. Whatever the case, I'm not triggered by some font.

[@MCAlexisYT]

Same...

[@oosha2000]

I'm mediocre about it.

[@Chaos89P]

My only gripe is that it looks unprofessional. Like Company Man said, I wouldn't use it in a resumé for any reason.

[@katelynn6510]

Ikr... I mean I get that it's suitable for formal use but other than that it looks fine to me

[@cabellones]

@@Chaos89P weird enough, I as a graphic designer, use comic sans... from stickers to look more childish/informal to banners (for the same reason) is more on how you use it than on why you use it.....

[@micaahh.]

I feel like everyone is now pretending that they've always loved comic sans just because they realised the reason they hate it is silly

[@ezi735]

and because its in the wimpy kid books

[@harbymastopia9635]

I still actually like it though. Well I dont use it as much since I have my own favorite font, but if given a chance, Ill absolutely try it

[@btaylerpackard2475]

Honestly never even cared about it. As he said if it's used in the right setting it works, but used it wrong it's hard to take something seriously

[@phoenixj5785]

I've always liked it, I don't understand why it was hated (Edit: now I kinda get why it's hated, I'm really not a fan anymore)

[@itsmitko7]

i dont even have a reason, thats actually why i like it

[@__.__-_.]

It's not that complicated, it's reddit-tier herd mentality. They don't like it because hating comic sans literally gives them a sense of community

[@dasistbrot1577]

As a redditor, I agree but I would say we hate tik tok more.

[@margretthatcher2175]

@@dasistbrot1577 referring to yourself as a redditor is so fucking cringe.

[@alex_exists]

@@margretthatcher2175 Who asked you?

[@ZandarTDK]

Tru

[@GoodlyPenguin]

Same reason why people hate the word "moist". It's just reddit tier herd mentality.

[@RapidPhantom293]

"Comic Sans - How Can Someone Hate A Font?" Maybe it's because they are having a bad time

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

Maybe it's because they are having *too much free time

[@Rob_Thorsman]

Maybe it's because they SHOULD BE BURNING IN HELL!

[@ChaosCha0s]

This is not just a reference to sans It’s a reference to the origin of sans voice Or it was a complete coincidence

[@RenardioMFG]

The people who hate comic sans are GETTING DUNKED ON watching this video

[@incogninto1124]

*Megalovania starts*

[@truereaper4572]

Back in middle school I wrote an entire essay on George Washington in Pink Comic Sans...Luckily my history teacher had a good laugh about it.

[@newbie4789]

Comic sans felt fine until I heard the pink 😭

[@spybio]

I didn't even notice the font was in Comic Sans. It seemed so appropriate that I didn't even notice it.

[@tev5040]

Hoang Spybio I didn't even think about it either...

[@bananagranny]

Same

[@boyman999]

I didn't mind it. People just got nothing else to do but complain about a font used in a video, instead of actually paying attention to the content. Lol

[@DelNiceBeto]

they're just blindly following what someone else said

[@pyrobison2002]

I did. I was like, eh, new vid

[@trstmeimadctr]

Hating comic sans is a meme

[@skii_mask_]

Roddy Lawrence Yes, but it's also severely overused and pretty bad.

[@Drysart]

Yeah, basically this. Dislike for it started with legitimate purpose because of the ubiquity of its early misuse, but today even if you use it in a perfectly valid context people will complain about it because they've heard other people complain about it and didn't understand the context, so they just picked up that it's something you point out and complain about always; and pointing it out signals to other people "in the know". That's why the original video had such directionless comments like simply saying "comic sans". They don't understand *why* they should hate it, they just do because other people do.

[@actionvolcano]

In a way, but theres a lot of genuine outrage over it

[@NotMyRealNameThanku]

This is the answer

[@LikaLaruku]

To be fair, you have to have a really high IQ to understand Comic Sans.

[@jewel-kun9730]

I just came here to read the "Sans" jokes...

[@julie4300]

Same.

[@Dark_Peace]

I see you're a man of culture as well

[@swapswappy]

*heh.

[@natalyafazylova2389]

Same

[@Corruptedhope]

Same and comment on comments than comment sans jokes when I find a comic sans hater

[@FloppyDiskMaster]

6:57 “We are a Fortune 500 company, not a lemonade stand” That’s funnier than it has any right to be, and now I’m curious where the picture was taken.

[@ngybrid]

Can't hate it, every time I see a sentence with that font, *[The Sims nostalgia intensifies]*

[@MacabreCODM]

Same

[@log_by_bolb]

Sans the comic sans user

[@inksansandtheaucrew3506]

For me it’s Undertale vibes.

[@tortaeater77]

With undertale

[@maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337]

Undertale*

[@1mfilms]

Comic Sans fits with Toys R Us. I think half the commenters were just being funny and the other half were actual "font nazis".

[@sammy19711000]

1mfilms ha font nazis good one ha ha

[@ryleeroo]

Graphic Designer here! The video creator says they picked the Comic Sans because you thought it matched the Toys R Us logo but that’s where he went wrong. If you look at any poster, restaurant logo with a subtitle, or even a cleaning product’s packaging you’ll notice there are usually two fonts, one title or logo, and one for smaller text. You want to find two fonts that complement each other. What you have with comic sans is a font that draws attention to itself and therefore competes with the logo for Toys R Us. Comic Sans usually does outcompete and distract from the main font/logo, and this is why it’s problematic.

[@agoogleuser7738]

@ryleeroo, stop reusing your comment in every reply. It's getting old.

[@ryleeroo]

A Google User I did it once, not “every reply”. One comment on its own, the other to reply to someone because it applied. If I can help people understand because they’re wondering and it’s a simple copy and paste, why type everything I already said on it’s own? Get over yourself.

[@collegeman1988]

Heh heh. Use the wrong font, and you’ll end up in front of a firing squad.

[@derpedlerp1237]

I know why everyone hates comic sans. It reminds people of the time when they had to fight sans and got so mad that if they see sans, they will become mad.

[@iamacatt5050]

XD chara at genocide rn be like-

[@mohamadsarwar7997]

i no hit him multiple times its not that hard anymore

[@stephanierando3477]

I take it someone had a really bad time.

[@swapswappy]

Oooh now i got it lol

[@derpedlerp1237]

Or people didn't like sans jokes.

[@tailsnascarfan93]

It's funny when "PROFESSIONIAL" businesses use Comic Sans as the main font. Mainly, virus companies.

[@Groaker]

FUN FACT! Comic Sans is a great font to use when teaching English as a second language. Often, your students are children, and the shape of the lowercase "a" matches what's in a lot of handwriting textbooks. In general, it's an easy font for the kid's to mimic.

[@daddywumbo1676]

Video Graham A very factual fun indeed! :3

[@pepperonijabroni5353]

Video Graham Just saw the exact same comment on a GradeA video. Is this a copypasta or something?

[@Groaker]

Nope. Thought it up myself.

[@pepperonijabroni5353]

Video Graham The comment just changed... Either it was a glitch on KZbin's part showing me a comment from another video or I replied to the wrong comment, which is unlikely.

[@Groaker]

Maybe someone just copied the comment then edited it.

[@JFairy189]

I thought the hatred for comic sans was just a meme.

[@keithlarsen7557]

Donald Trump is president... memes have power!

[@HeyItsMicro]

Keith Larsen lmfao

[@petert4756]

It is but this normie here doesn't know about it

[@sarahh2072]

Not always. People actually hate it. Especially graphic designers.

[@rationalraven8956]

If you don't understand the hatred of Comic Sans, clearly you weren't alive throughout the late '90s and early '00s when practically every single homemade poster featured this obnoxious font, people got sick of it

[@ilt255]

why am i laughing at 2:13 "THE DECLINE OF TOYS *WHAT"*

[@Versuffe]

“THE DECLINE OF TOYS!!!!!!” “What”

[@flaskesamler]

I have a tattoo saying “Over my dead body” in Comic Sans, because it’s ironic and I’ll never use it for anything serious

[@fishlol1136]

(YOU FEEL SANS UNDERTALE CRAWLING ON UR BACK)

[@Floralfurycuphead2]

"Why do people hate comic sans?" Maybe its the way its dressed.

[@inksansandtheaucrew3506]

👏👏👏👏

[@keikoe5661]

Maybe it’s- Maybe- May- *EH EH EH EH*

[@usdevineni007]

sans

[@donniesquid4935]

ツLoraiine you ok? H E L L O ? !

[@southparkfanboi619]

That's big brain right there

[@SuperiorPotater]

4:23, Comic Sans was actually proven to be the easiest font for dyslexic people to read

[@garr_inc]

I believe there are specifically made fonts that are even easier for dyslexic people to scour through, but Comic Sans is definitely easier for them than most default fonts.

[@justgoose8380]

Oh! Really?

[@SakiNaoko]

Really ???

[@tekbox7909]

@@garr_inc The fonts you mean are the Lexend fonts. They are the same font with certain variations so that people can chose the one best for them.

[@garr_inc]

Thank you for an additional explanation!

[@Snapple_apple]

i genuinely love comic sans as a font, it's much much easier on my brain and it also just feels *comforting* in a way i guess

[@yashdeveloper9449]

Same here man

[@gabrielgutierrez1419]

Same, I like comic sans.

[@Sliberry]

Same tho

[@Willow-jt2lt]

Comic Sans is my favorite, because it makes people get mad over a font, I find it hilarious.

[@NickG123]

The reason we don't like Comic sans is because we all have ptsd from schools slide shows and worksheets up to grade 8...

[@lovezaara]

My teacher hated me for using it in a PowerPoint in 4th grade

[@dat1pengu1n]

@@lovezaara my teacher didnt care and just wenatpaaonaaa ah my phone is having a strol

[@irongolem1476]

@@dat1pengu1n lol

[@peasandriceareverynice]

THANK YOU SOMEONE WHO GETS IT

[@duplollamaree1250]

We were forced to use it and me and my friends only now associate it with being forced to do something

[@thebahooplamaster]

I think people just sorta copy the opinion of others. Eventually, it just spread to the point where people just hate comic sans to hate comic sans.

[@twinkiesmaster69]

thebahooplamaster ,I set mine to comic sans pro just cause that hate

[@hironyx]

exactly. it has somewhat become a meme or something. people think it is cool to hate on comic sans simply because someone else had said it.

[@JeffReeves]

It's the same reason people hate socks with sandals. Someone made a big deal about it, and everyone wanted to fit in with the idea. Aside from getting your socks wet (which sucks with any footwear), there is no good argument to hate someone else's choice to wear socks with sandals.

[@battosaijenkins946]

@thebahooplamaster, you mean people just love to hate comic sans.

[@RagingRugbyst]

nonononono here in Italy plenty of small businesses use it for their billboards and fliers and it looks dreadful. It's the tipical font that a newbie will pick to "spice up things", with predictable result, I think it has come to embody the memey non-tec-aware 50yr old.

[@Kino-Imsureq]

teacher: "ok you need to write an essay, doesn't need to be long just explain everything here" me, who doesnt know comic sans at all: *has a comic sans handwriting* me: "k tcher here is da essay" teacher *_U N A C C E P T A B L E, F A I L E D T H E T E S T_*

[@MCAlexisYT]

Messorem Aureum r u serious?

[@Kevin-mw4oc]

@@MCAlexisYT yes

[@Kevin-mw4oc]

@@mahchangrei2867 ur gay bro

[@igorjosue8957]

comic sans: exists undertale community: SAanS

[@bonegloveGG]

"Did you even know it existed" me: let me tell you about undertale Easter egg videos

[@jacksonzoscsak9649]

We shouldnt talk about someone whos listening

[@bonegloveGG]

I get the reference but, what? What about W.D. gaster?

[@Ranfriendss]

Thats not a referance comic sans came before sans undertale you should know that 😑

[@bonegloveGG]

@@Ranfriendss ??? I don't understand... when did I say anything about references wait, oh no no you got wrong he said: "We shouldn't talk about someone who's listening." Which is close to something one of the Gaster followers say. By the way I did and still do know that, have a great day!

[@jacksonzoscsak9649]

@@bonegloveGG "undertale *Easter egg* videos" gaster is the biggest Easter egg in undertale.

[@MrGameManIsCool]

When you played that alarm noise... I genuinely dropped my phone

[@sylver8919]

AidenD75 did you think you wake up? Oh nvm it’s been a year, you probably don’t remember :/

[@MrGameManIsCool]

Loving Temmie yea it was kinda that feeling you get when you first wake up haha

[@gretis9951]

i flinched

[@ritaobosu1530]

Lies.

[@MrGameManIsCool]

Rita Obosu lol nah I still remember doing it because it dropped straight in my nose lol

[@thesecondcoming]

Everyone: Ban Comic Sans! Toby Fox when making Sans: Scusi?

[@dakingofyeet4541]

"97 of the 100 fonts are used" *Confirmed to use Comic Sans* *Confirmed to use arial* I can only guess that wing dings is the one used, because it sticks out.

[@inksansandtheaucrew3506]

The fact that people are writing paragraph-long stories a bout why they hate a f*cking font is hilarious To me because it’s like writing an essay about your least favorite ice cream flavor.

[@sinuscolt7635]

Boy do i hate.. i was gonna make fun of this but honestly there is not one ice cream flavor coming to my mind that i doesn't like..

[@NuggetOG]

boy do i hate blood flavoured ice cream. The taste is way too metallic and it feels like i just bit my lip. the ice cream is way too cold and if defrosted it could be used as evidence for a crime you never did. I hate this flavour also because of the fact that they use actual animal blood in the ice cream to make it authentic meaning that it is no longer vegetarian meaning that a lot of people cant even eat it. the ice cream is so trash that multiple law suits went against the company 'epic prankster 69' to ban it but every time they replied with these two lines: "if you dont like it, dont eat it" and "if you ban this flavour of ice cream, then it would be common sense to ban all meats in general." These replies are the reason why it still exists today even tho it shouldve been banned. many petittions and people sign to try to ban it but it always seems to pull through. I got salmonella least year because of this darn ice cream but because it couldnt be proven that it was the ice cream, I couldnt sue the darn company. Last week the CEO made a quote stating : "Blood flavoured ice cream is the future and many papers proof that it is actually healthy since it contains many minerals and not too many calories. It reduces a lot of blood waste that comes when an animal is killed for meat so actually reduces disease by estimates of up to 23 hundred thousand people. I will not ban this flavour till the end of my life.". This statement is utter trash since its so clear that all teh papers were clearly faked and he didnt make any links while he was speaking. In his website 'BLOOD ICREAM NICE.69.420.com' it sends to the papers previously mentioned and there was no clear evidence that proved the claims he was making was true after i read the first senten... I MEAN the entire paper. in conclusion, PLEASE BAN BLOOD FLAVOURED ICE CREAM.

[@NuggetOG]

@@sinuscolt7635 here you go, 10 mins of my life

[@inksansandtheaucrew3506]

@@NuggetOG Good joke. XD

[@Penguins459]

Did that in school

[@d04e]

“Heya Papyrus where are we at?” “We are at the Comic, San- *TRIGGERED*

[@inksansandtheaucrew3506]

You deserve an award.

[@the_neon_08]

U n d e r r a t e d or should I say... U n d e r t a l e d

[@End336]

XD You stole this from a undertale comic... or the comic stole this comment 👀- nope because the comic is older then this comment =P

[@iamashoe1475]

What?

[@iamashoe1475]

ChadLance Woodring yes

[@mackpeters9916]

I like comic Sans and it match Toys “R” Us video perfectly.

[@clar1nettist204]

Comic Sans: exists Undertale fans: I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK

[@chuploops9973]

Actually, it was so appropriate to use comic sans in that toys 'r' us video, that I didn't even notice that you were using comic sans when I watched it.

[@voidofspaceandtime4684]

I think this is better: www.freepremiumfonts.com/free-font/toysrus-babiesrus-32273.aspx

[@robokill387]

there is no objective reason why thats better than comic sans; it has all of the qualities that comic sans haters hate.

[@voidofspaceandtime4684]

It's more balanced. Letters like B (which I think is one of the more egregious letters in comic sans) aren't a jumbled, asymmetric mess.

[@keithlarsen7557]

Same here.

[@jayvee4234]

Guess you could say its.. *fontroversial*

[@companyman114]

Not bad. First time I've heard that too.

[@WeaselWeaselW]

GET OUT NOW

[@bonganimahlangu7403]

LOL. Thats clever

[@social_exe]

*CSI Miami theme music plays*

[@qs4757]

*_megalovania plays in the distance_*

[@swapswappy]

*i was never so ofended in my whole entire life. -Sans The Skeleboi

[@TosteKSP]

2:14 THE DECLINE OF TOYS WHAT

[@doveko2007]

Comic Sans was my favorite since i was a kid lmao how why is everyone hating it

[@krityamari3454]

_me too_

[@Djpony5000]

It’s a trend just like Billie ellish

[@Noah-hb2mu]

Same comic sans is amazing!!!!!!!

[@sazvanali1371]

mood

[@tylenjevonhubrins6265]

Noah mr. smhf

[@shtev2218]

I had a writing teacher get mad at me for using comic sans in a COMIC. Needless to say this whole topic annoys me

[@lancerralseijoinedyourpart3633]

A _comic_ _COMIC_ sans

[@Enthusiasmmm]

Steve Danowitz I had used it on an assessment because my teacher dislikes it.

[@Mrcake0103]

To be fair, there *are* other comic typefaces with better kerning...

[@Enthusiasmmm]

Mrcake0103 You are right and wrong. Comic Sans is the best and nothing is better for comic books, but you were right about other fonts that are good for comic books. There is Kristen ITC. But I still prefer Comic Sans.

[@elchungo5026]

Steve Danowitz that teacher should be executed

[@Pragmer]

I only know about comic sans because of Sans from undertale but I don't see why that would make people hate the font. Undertale is a good game, I wasn't part of its active community so I cant confirm this but I've heard that it was awful, but that still shouldn't make people hate the game or the font used in the game. Just because you dislike the community that supports the game doesn't mean you should hate the game or things associated with it, if you really dislike them then just play the game and forget about them, leave them to do their own thing and don't worry about them.

[@nolongerspinningrat1296]

Other people:"arguing about comic sans Me:A LETTER IS A LETTER

[@blastlightstar]

My teacher once gave us a test on the Renaissance in Comic Sans. It’s my favorite example of irony.

[@zeldafan5135]

haha

[@srutibasa]

😄😄😆😆🤣🤣

[@lisrisch997]

I’d be curious to know what the age range is of the people who feel so strongly against Comic Sans. I went through high school in the 90’s and I loved me some Comic Sans. Would I use it professionally? No, because it’s too casual. Am I going to be offended by someone using that font? No, because I’m not ridiculous.

[@sky4ce09]

congrats, i guess

[@lisrisch997]

Shane Lancaster No offense taken. You might guess that, though my 7-year-old son likes the font, too. Guessing it’s just angsty Millennials. No offense to millennials.

[@GregorianMG]

It does look quite casual. So you wouldn't encountered it at the workplace unless you purposefully defied that.

[@nuzhatmaliat9258]

I feel that they are mostly millenials who used these excessively in school computers and are now cringing on their past instead of embracing it...

[@jeffgibbon2531]

Class of 94. I hate that font. HATE it

[@all4ourking1]

what a complete meme. well played Company Man. Well played.

[@chonkyhotdog]

-Font: Comic Sans MS -Size: 25 -Color: Magenta

[@bulatao195]

Me: Why do you hate Comic Sans? Hater: Because I Hate Comic Sans! Me: That is NOT a real answer. Hater: Well it's good enough.

[@tylenjevonhubrins6265]

Ceeg

[@tylenjevonhubrins6265]

Greg

[@tylenjevonhubrins6265]

Heh

[@chickentail7108]

Is this a troll?

[@tylenjevonhubrins6265]

@@chickentail7108 idkbybgooeiwky

[@Cheezus22]

I hope this doesn't get lost in the sea of comments and you read it. I'm a web dev and it is a bit different from where I come from. Up until the last few years, getting fonts to display on a website consistently could be a pain in the ass. Browsers are only capable of displaying and rendering fonts they have access to. Nowadays there a number of ways to load a font into your site to render text but that wasn't always the case. There are VERY few fonts that are ubiquitous to everyone's computer, be it mac, pc, linux, etc, that can be used to show a site consistently so that what I am seeing is what you should be seeing. Today we can specify font files directly to the browser and it will render (for the most part) identically. But back in the 90s and even early 2000s this wasn't available or practical. We only had maybe a dozen or so fonts that were cross-system compatible (especially once you take into account different versions of OS, browser, etc). Even then, you run into issues where fonts like Arial/Helvetica have licensing attached to the OS even though they are almost identical. This sort of stuff plagued the early web. For some reason, Comic Sans was one of those fonts that was available to use, and it was unique. What ended up happening is that this font got drastically over-used back then for all sorts of terrible, super antiquated websites. Comic Sans + animated gif background type sites. It got attached to the stigma that using this font means you don't know what you're doing, and is seemingly perpetuated in to this day. Enter the new era of web devs, teenagers and 20-something year olds that have meme-ified this because their elder counterparts berate and belittle this font, and you just have a cultural continuation reminiscent of those dark times.

[@wordsmithgmxch]

What a great comment! Thank you! BTW, I used Comic Sans for the tail number on my little airplane. It's a "joke" plane, an experimental homebuilt made for flying low and slow and landing at back-country strips or the occasional pasture. The characters, which only have to be 3 1/3 in high on an experimental, just didn't look right in block lettering, nor in the "official" fonts, nor especially in the strongly raked, "windswept" fonts common on certificated aircraft. If I'd known just how retarded, square and utterly gauche the Comic Sans would make me look in the discriminating eyes of the Web community, I'd probably have chosen something else -- but here I am, years in and no complaints yet -- another demonstration, if any were necessary, that fliers are the most tolerant, generous, and generally wonderful folks anywhere!

[@Luxalpa]

Cheezus22 Heh, I wrote a pretty similar comment before reading yours. That's also what I believe is the reason. At least I know it is the reason why I personally dislike it so much.

[@avi8aviate]

It's so large because he had to explain a lot.

[@memokoepe6210]

Cheezus22 this is absolutely the case. This is the real reason for the anti comic sans opinion. Although nowadays it still looks very unprofessional and I wouldn't use it, for me it was always part of the stereotyped 90s page to make fun of: Moving gadget, fancy background and comic sans...

[@GabrielTheMagolorMain]

Cheezus22 This is so interesting! Thank you for sharing.

[@deadgaming429]

KZbin: recommends me a video from 2 years ago Me: watches the full thing and heads to the comments because I don’t understand why people hate it Also me after 5 minutes of scrolling through the comments filled with undertale references and jokes: this is my home

[@andrewwinfrey8951]

Same...

[@rtysdfgh2103]

Comic sans is the most trash font to ever exi- "Its a beautiful day outside" WAIT NO DONT HURT ME-

[@Annie-qe2uu]

Birds are singing

[@franzisKMS3377]

@@Annie-qe2uu Flowers are blooming

[@Rob_Thorsman]

On days like this...

[@franzisKMS3377]

@@Rob_Thorsman kids like you,

[@Rob_Thorsman]

...SHOULD BE BURNING IN HELL.

[@DavidMcCarthy08]

Company Man: *uses a font* Manny: "I'm about to end this mans whole career"

[@kimifw58]

Him and everyone who isn't an Undertale fan. So... 5% of the population?

[@PapyrusUndertale]

Kimi FW Finally some Undertale reply

[@rendyajadech1957]

The builder guy?

[@cryanide87]

@@kimifw58 Undertale is a great game it's just that most of the fanbase is toxic.

[@kimifw58]

@@cryanide87 Did I say _anything_ about the game being bad?

[@BlueEngland]

People: hate on Comic Sans Toby Fox: uses it for Sans People: don't care me in the background: I TOLD YOU THAT COMIC SANS WAS GOOD!!!

[@jux8204]

Delete this

[@dat1pengu1n]

@@jux8204 And why? Give me one reason why they should

[@angelamae7906]

@@jux8204 why?

[@rayi512x]

@@jux8204 why?

[@navebom9755]

Toby used it because people dont like comic sans. So it would ironic to put it to a character that really loved or really hated.

[@jimmysvlogs6412]

How could anyone hate Comic Sans when that is their teacher's hand righting

[@manuelomil2140]

After seeing the font used on a high school exam, every home designed front panel on local businesses and a broth brick for one of the most widespread manufacturers in my country (including ingredients and legal info in comic sans) it has become a synonym of crappy design/boomer using a text processor. I understand there are some places where is appropriate (a toy's r us videos definitely is) but I can't take it seriously. There are some similar fonts that do the work, though.

[@marco19878]

People do not hate CS, it's just a meme to make fun of it. Graphic designers genuinely hate it because it's associated with bad taste amateurs trying to do design themselves and failing miserably, but that's just a tiny %

[@kyotheman69]

seriously think hate is meme, really no evidence why people have deep hate for it

[@elijahhawkins3909]

Yeah but this guy used it perfectly. It fit well with the childish aesthetic

[@ashkitt7719]

@@elijahhawkins3909 I'm sure someone has made a font based on the Toys R Us logo. As someone who does graphic design in my spare time, I look for fonts not packaged into Windows.

[@cameronallmon]

Always nice when an artist hates people who aren't as talented as them but still tried

[@DinnerForkTongue]

That doesn't stop stupid bastards from taking it as gospel.

[@warriorfoe]

Am I the only one that doesn't give a shit that he used comic sans?

[@FaintNet]

Nope

[@GaryCameron780]

Nope. In the Toys Я Us video it was most appropriate.

[@MilkBeverage]

To be honest I didn’t even notice he used the damn font

[@pigperfect4276]

warriorfoe Hey I make videos is anyone is interested

[@brodieforando7559]

No I don't care

[@akusghost]

Vincent graduated from my high school. The man who created comic sans graduated. From my high school.

[@Alex_in_Wonderland111]

That alarm sound was a deliberate attempt on my life. I literally jumped

[@iAmAllofMii]

I totally love Comic Sans! No, seriously! I'm not being sarcastic.

[@krispyhoe2126]

Me too, it's so bad it's good

[@feuerherz007]

𝖴𝗂𝗂𝗂𝗂𝗂 𝗎𝗋 𝗆𝖺𝖽

[@btaylerpackard2475]

If used appropriately it totally works! In a serious setting it doesn't look right, and makes it hard to take seriously. It's goofy looking and kinda fun but again, like he said in the video, it's unprofessional. Use the great power with responsibility

[@krispyhoe2126]

@@btaylerpackard2475 "in a serious setting it doesn't look right" Toby Fox: *I'm about to ruin this man's whole career*

[@shawk1184]

San overtale

[@Blue-zw5mb]

You realise the comic sans font cannot be beaten... You are filled with *determination*

[@alexshi6753]

Do people actually hate something because they hate or is it because they're taught to, conditioned to like sheep following the herd?

[@sydneystardust7361]

My friend and i visited her grandparents grave some years ago and i noticed the font was in comic sans.. I asked her why and she said her grandpa loved the font so much he did everything in it. Even made the writing on his tombstone in it. 😂 💖 i also had a teacher who knew how disliked the font was and purposely made all his papers in that font.

[@Lena_M]

My teacher is even worse... she uses it unironically.

[@AK_1444]

Aww Bless your Friend and RIP to her Grandfather what a legend x

[@laboot7447]

me: Watches string theory and vsauce youtube: So you wanna see why people hate comic sans me: sure spot on

[@michaelkaminski1166]

I’m pretty sure Vsauce actually made a video called “In Defense of Comic Sans.”

[@UltraLuigi2401]

@@michaelkaminski1166 "pretty sure" i.imgur.com/pB1552t.png

[@stevejacks8389]

When you get to document publishing, you learn the subtle difference between "font" and "code page." (However, they are usually mashed together as the generic term "font.") The "font" describe HOW the letters are drawn. The "code page" describe WHICH letters are drawn. So, in MS Word, type into a document "ABCDabcd" As he shows, there are different fonts (generic term) to chose from. Most of them show the letters as "ABCDabcd" just drawn differently. So all use the same base "code page" but are different "fonts" Now look at fonts MT Extra or Symbol. They display the letters not as English "ABCDabcd" but as totally different characters. (Symbol is basically the Greek alphabet.) These are actually different "code pages" because the displayed symbols are different

[@darylesells19]

I’m a writer and have always liked toying with fonts. Times New Roman while basic, is efficient and professional. Arail is like Times New Romans’ cousin. Comic Sans is more childish and is something I only use when making story outlines no one will ever see. It’s similar to Trebuchet MS, but just a tad bit too squished. When you’ve been raised to pick fonts in Microsoft and or move to Google Docs, the styles just pop out more. Everyone has hated this font as far back as I could remember, but at least it isn’t Papyrus.

[@MrThepatrickshow]

To truly understand the hate for Comic Sans, you have to go back in time to the mid 1990s when the WWW was brand new, and everybody had a web page on Geocities, or Angelfire, or some such. Back in those days, Comic sans was one of the only sans serif fonts that came stock with Windows. And of the few sans serif fonts available, it was the only one which had the charming informal look to it. What happened was that Comic Sans became way *overused*. It was everywhere online. And it became associated with a lot of other really terrible web design choices like garish background tiles, unreadable font colors, blinking text, horrible clip art, etc etc. As the WWW became more sophisticated in the late 1990s, suddenly free fonts became available online, and opened up a whole universe of fonts, including sans serif fonts. Some were good for ordinary text, and others were very good for comic-book type uses. All were much better than Comic Sans. So, by around 1998 or 99, anybody still using comic sans online just looked like an out of touch buffoon, same as if you still had a Geocities web page with a "guestbook" and a bad animated clip-art gif of a mailbox as the link to your e-mail. Just... embarassing. That's where the stigma came from, and it will never go away, so long as those early internet days remain in living memory.

[@deus_ex_machina_]

Patrick Melody Thanks for the explanation.

[@Alfred_English]

Well said, thanks for taking the time to articulate this.

[@Ndlanding]

In a fucking nutshell!

[@DatBear]

Don't forget the midi looping constantly catching you off guard and scaring the shit out of you, 20 lines of marquee going in 20 different speeds and directions, shout out list, oh and the custom scroll bars and cursors.

[@nickrustyson8124]

But that was 20 years ago they are people who where born by than are now old enough to drink.

[@gexagon1804]

The Three Pillars: Arial Times New Roman Comic Sans

[@syn6109]

papyrus

[@factfactfan]

Wait I thought it was arial but that doesn’t look right so idk

[@reflex3843]

Arial*

[@reflex3843]

@@syn6109 Webdings

[@chickeninabox]

Bahaumes 95.

[@thatsawap4255]

whenever i write my essays in comic sans, i always finish faster than usual

[@senatorarmstrong3836]

Comic sans is just my handwriting but rounder and bolder.

[@comicsans7437]

I love comic sans, purely because it angers others when it's used xD

[@maplefoxxo]

undertejrj

[@comicsans7437]

@@killerso_0138 Yeah, that too lol. I am not a formal person unless I need to be.

[@furret122]

Ahh yes and you are the one to say this (I don't hate the font)

[@ArmadilloJohn]

You sure it's not cuz your favourite character is sans an he's comic?

[@comicsans7437]

@@ArmadilloJohn That too. I do love bad jokes.

[@pungoblin9377]

I honestly don’t see the deal. It’s blatantly supposed to be a more casual font and meant to be used for relaxed scenarios. I literally cannot imagine how anyone could be stupid enough to think it’s professional. Also, I think most people are just blindly hating on comic sans just because other people are.

[@tyuk5107]

yep ppl act like they hating it but than you ask for a reason adn they dont have one

[@irunasoft]

I agree, sir.

[@lovelydragon003]

yeah its pretty much a trend to hate it, like hating country music or the word moist

[@echoneo9063]

Now this man right here, is spitting straight facts

[@GregorianMG]

Ah yes, the herd mentality.

[@eugeniolejarza9702]

I didn’t mind it until recently My science teacher would use that font in every test and that shit it so hard to read with the black and white papers

[@hihii1956]

My English teacher in 6th grade had a real love for this font. Every assignment, example essay, anything would be in comic sans. It was so misused that now I wrinkle my nose every time I see it.

[@memememegaming]

Comic Sans wasn't even designed for some of the purposes you'd think. The main reason of it's use? It's easier to decypher by dyslexic children. Not even kidding.

[@adj9971]

WindowsEXE Plus foreign speakers/readers

[@defox5019]

Dang peeps think it's harder to read but Its actually made to be easier to read I could cut through the irony it's so thick

[@thedukeofchutney468]

Dang I wish I knew that as a kid. I had dyslexia and it made everything look like wing dings.

[@MasterMalrubius]

@@thedukeofchutney468 I'm glad you recovered from it.

[@sourgreendolly7685]

Dyslexic people of all ages really.

[@gypsywoman9140]

I genuinely thought the comic sans complimented the Toys R Us video. Every time I hear the words "comic sans, though, I get Tacky by Weird Al in my head. "Got my new resume/it's printed in comic sans"

[@NewWaveEnthusiast]

Whenever I see comic sans,it remind me of the early 2000s. It was literally everywhere,wtf. It was even in the The Sims(2000).

[@feral6841]

Poor comic sans.... he seems to be having a bad time.

[@hopeschannel]

I took a typography class and my professor absolutely hated comic sans lmao

[@joshuasteele3520]

As a graphic designer I can see why you might wabt to avoid it since it's so well known and controversial, but personally I don't hate it. I think people just hate it because it's trendy.

[@pringelsthegamefreak]

hope lol, I can just imagine them going crazy over that

[@masicbemester]

In adapted classrooms for autistic kids in primary school, Comic Sans is the most used font when it comes to typing. I'm not even kidding smh.

[@hussaina.4431]

BasicMemester: the Unofficial? It is also widely used in my school *WHICH IS IN ENGLAND*

[@alecwhatshisname5170]

hope My graphic design teacher wouldn't grade a project as long as it had papyrus or comic sans in it.

[@opl500]

Comic Sans doesn't offend people, people offend people?

[@NeoDerikik]

opl500 Guns don't kill people, I do.

[@notsoepicgaming8566]

Ivan Zverev Wake me up! Wake me up inside! Can't wake up! Wake me up inside!

[@NeoDerikik]

NotSoEpic Gaming Yeah... It's a Postal 2 reference, not just some edgy phrase.

[@donovandwayne6229]

People don't toast toast. TOAST TOASTS TOAST

[@a129bc34]

Ivan Zverev Best reference ever.

[@kryzethx]

I honestly didn't even notice the usage in the original Toys R Us video, which makes me think that was definitely a proper use of the font. I knew about the Comic Sans hate online, but never really understood it myself. You might be onto something about the conditioned response thing

[@spikeshartell4675]

Imagine having so little to worry about in your life that you can get up in arms over fonts

[@MrssMcgee]

I like comic sans How can people hate it _its a font_

[@justronji9936]

Comic sans is my favorite (not sarcastic BTW) I love it because of the "a" and how it actually describes me. Because I am really shitty when I am writing sentences and words. Teachers always give me private talks about my penmanship. Most of them told me if I can't change it. Just improve it a little

[@atti3102]

@@justronji9936 me to

[@justronji9936]

@@atti3102 shit penmanship fo life!

[@batgh0ul]

Ikr?

[@bluebeka2458]

I like that font too. What's up with the hate though?

[@michimichimii]

I don't mind comic sans mostly because the entire first sims game was in that font

[@SuperTux20]

I liked it too

[@MacEwanMouse]

I want to have rough sex with communist rabbit.

[@markusjuenemann]

If we all would use Comic Sans for everything, our world would be a much better place... And i believe in this.

[@sentryogmixmaster]

it reminds me of a font a serial killing clown would use in a letter to the cops.

[@user-pq2gd5ir8g]

I’m not sarcastic, but comic sans is my favorite font. It looks nice, and it’s cool.

[@mareeeedensos6348]

Two words that describe why everyone hates Comic Sans: Shark Tale.

[@camera2178]

what

[@scout802]

@@camera2178 look it up

[@paschalasobirionwu1183]

@@scout802 just did and couldn't find a relationship

[@ZandarTDK]

Nope . . . . . . Undertal

[@RikuMcduck]

*Sans undertale*

[@cloudsontrack15music]

90% of my school's assignments are written in Comic Sans

[@tabbnabber8755]

yes. good decision

[@valcadav]

same

[@allioshi]

sameeeee

[@karina-ww9pp]

Mine are all written in wingdings. My teacher ✨loves✨ it

[@profortnitestreamer8894]

What a Chad

[@purple5823]

If we didn’t have comic sans we wouldn’t have sans

[@PentaromaLMA0]

We would have calibri

[@LurnyX.]

Then that's another why comic sans is a horrible font

[@igorjosue8957]

underfont

[@DontHoldYourChops]

"It's cheerful, casual, nobody takes it too seriously." -Kate Chastain

[@twinkiesmaster69]

I put my phone font to "comic sans pro" for the heck of it

[@JoePCool14]

"Comic Sans Pro"? That's an oxymoron.

[@Dude-vb4ul]

I also put my phone font to Comic Sans... But just to make sure no one uses it and if they do they're pissed off

[@squishlez]

I want to but I don't have ANY money

[@grrr1351]

The best anti-theft software EVER!

[@ura2358]

Why hate comic sans

[@a_viewer5386]

I personally like Comic Sans... I hate the weird 'a' that is used is so many fonts- hell the font that youtube uses. I personally would rather use Comic Sans than Ariel.

[@melitopiia4730]

Too bad we're stuck with the two-story "a" due to writing and type history shenanigans. There are some good fonts with a single-story "a" though. Poppins, Muli, Futura, Quicksand, Questrial, etc. Btw KZbin uses Roboto

[@monnamonsta]

Ariel/Arial ewwwwwwwwwwww

[@sjsosokdksksk]

I use that a in my handwriting... Darn. I didn't know people hated it haha

[@a_viewer5386]

@@sjsosokdksksk well it just an opinion XD

[@dacstudios1168]

Jamie Singh You draw a cane and then draw a circle at the bottom, yes it’s stupid

[@LukerzBallz]

Back when I was like 9, I only liked Comic Sans because it reminded me of undertale

[@FinalFrontier101]

I will use comic sans for everything now, thank you

[@Lanosrep]

People hate the font because Businesses and Schools use it seriously, you don't know how annoying it is when you are reading a Holocaust printout in comic sans. For the entirity of my school and college life teachers and tutors use it.

[@toddfraser3353]

It is also a less dense font. Allowing to fill up is the page requirement quickly.

[@Pokemaster-rm7vk]

Yea I hate it when schools use it for literally anything.

[@ihavenoidea5277]

Mishpãré Urśhjìlk This Is so true

[@tunathephish]

same

[@PastaCamel]

My French teacher refuses to use any other font