Comic Sans reborn?

**angelize** · 07 May 2014, 09:14 PM

I came across this and found it interesting!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...nt-cool-again/

And the new font can be downloaded for free here
http://comicneue.com/

Comic Neue is much cleaner than comic sans and the angular version is rather nice too, so what do you think? You can install the true type files and Xara programs will embed them.

**handrawn** · 07 May 2014, 10:38 PM

interesting find

can't be any worse

[an here am I installing windows 98SE in vmplayer so I can run a legacy cutout animation program that refuses to install in wndows 8 whatever the compatibility/admin settings - ah could be the 90's all over again..]

**wizard509** · 14 May 2014, 05:06 PM

I don't understand why comic sans is so hated. I like it (so what does that say about me?) but am switching anyway.

**handrawn** · 14 May 2014, 06:03 PM

It is very loosely made, some might even say sloppy [to be fair it was never intended to be a mainstream font that 'just happened'], and so very difficult if not impossible to kern/track properly, and this shows...if you are sensitive to such things, no-one says you have to be, but designers and letterers usually are

**angelize** · 15 May 2014, 12:11 AM

Comic sans also became badly misused. It was a fair font for a casual childlike piece but at one point it was being used for everything and anything.

But what about the Neue version? Does anyone have an opinion on how you might use it? Do you think the changes to the basic structure of the font have improved it?