emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Speaking as someone with dyslexia, no it isn't, and even if it was it still looks shit.
Tommy Robinson is a horrible man
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maomao
普費斯
It's not a myth. That's the British Dyslexia Association, not known for pushing myths about dyslexia. It's true that there are several other serif free fonts that are recommended but it's also true that comic sans is definitely one of them. It also has the distinction of very few shared letter shapes, including b and d not simply being reversals of each other as they are in a lot of fonts which some dyslexics who report letter flipping say helps. IME a lot of teachers are reluctant to use comic sans because of its reputation as somehow inferior and yet regularly use fonts that aren't on the BDA's list.
Lurdan
old wave
I don't have dyslexia but I would doubt any of the individual recommendations in that BDA style guide are helpful to every person that does.
I can only say that when I had to proof some book length texts in a foreign language I found converting them to Comic Sans made the job far easier.
But then happily I wasn't concerned about what other people might think about my choice. Or words to that effect.
I can only say that when I had to proof some book length texts in a foreign language I found converting them to Comic Sans made the job far easier.
But then happily I wasn't concerned about what other people might think about my choice. Or words to that effect.
maomao
普費斯
None of them are magic bullets, it's just a list of fonts that share certain desirable characteristics. Even dyslexia specific fonts like dyslexie (which always makes me think the printer's running out of ink) are only helpful for a proportion of dyslexics. Dyslexia is a continuum of symptoms rather than a neatly defined condition anyway.
Lurdan
old wave
The idea that Tommy Robinson is a cunt is another myth perpetuated by people who should know better.
He's a fucking cunt.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
There is something nagging at the back of my mind about the whole TR thing just now.
Did he plan his leaving the country in order to make his "triumphant return" if all his shitstirring had worked and the unrest he and his ilk promoted had spiraled into major unrest? The timing seems just too convenient to me.
Or am I just being cynical and crediting him with too much intelligence/ability.
Did he plan his leaving the country in order to make his "triumphant return" if all his shitstirring had worked and the unrest he and his ilk promoted had spiraled into major unrest? The timing seems just too convenient to me.
Or am I just being cynical and crediting him with too much intelligence/ability.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
You what?
People are always taking the piss out of his followers being 'knuckledragging thick fascist racist cunts'
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Seems you're not the brightest spark here if you don't understand that dismissing comics as simple and unchallenging reading is snobbery. How are your knuckles dragging today?
andysays
Love and solidarity
It's not unusual, but it is disappointing.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
The comment was clearly directed at TR followers and the sort of comics they are likely to read.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
I don't see the qualification you're seeking to impose in boo radley75's post. You're making it up. It's part of a common belief that comics of all sorts are intellectual pap. What sort of comics do you think syl's fans are likely to read, Cupid?
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
You're taking a throw away comment out of context, being the pedant you are, and I am not going to get involved further in your silly little game.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
You can learn a lot about people from what you consider throw away comments. I don't think that condemning a whole genre as pap's anything other than arrant snobbery, and you've associated yourself with that unhappy posture through your dubious support for br75.
E2A and tbh the constant guffawing about how thick syl's fans are is dull fare. It's imo really daft to underestimate your foes and the constant harping on about how thick they are is daft. Syl pulls out a fair number of people, turnouts anti-fascists would be very pleased with if they'd organised it. Frankly it doesn't matter how intelligent or otherwise they are, they're there. They get out on the street. Beyond laughing at them, beyond describing them as knuckledragging, have you anything to add or is that as incisive an analysis as you can make? How would you propose they are countered?
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two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Tommy Robinson strangely silent over religious organisation where 20% of all kids were abused
Tommy Ten Names, the exposer of religious groups where children have been groomed and abused has been strangely silent today after it was revealed.
newsthump.com
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
We will double-down on the font-mocking, and maybe make unkind remarks about their clothing on Twitter.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
He's publishing a book called 'Manifesto', the title on the front cover is in Comic Sans, and people are taking the piss.
Other replies include -
Tommy Robinson ruthlessly mocked as he unveils Comic Sans book cover for ‘manifesto’
Tommy Robinson, the far-right convicted criminal and founder of the English Defence League, has now turned his attention to co-writing a book with author Peter McLoughlin on “free speech, real democracy and peaceful disobedience” titled Manifesto – except his choice of typeface for the cover is...www.indy100.com
Do Amazon accept payment in Roubles? Can they do a bulk order of 20,000? Asking for a friend.
comrade spurski
Well-Known Member
He's publishing a book called 'Manifesto', the title on the front cover is in Comic Sans, and people are taking the piss.
Other replies include -
Tommy Robinson ruthlessly mocked as he unveils Comic Sans book cover for ‘manifesto’
Tommy Robinson, the far-right convicted criminal and founder of the English Defence League, has now turned his attention to co-writing a book with author Peter McLoughlin on “free speech, real democracy and peaceful disobedience” titled Manifesto – except his choice of typeface for the cover is...
Sorry to be thick but wtf is wrong with the font? Genuinely don't get it
comrade spurski
Well-Known Member
I was in London (leicester square) that afternoon...was fucking horrible. Pissheads screaming "England" in the faces of anyone they thought they could intimidate.
That and the riots the following week were the first time I have felt I didn't belong since I was a little kid in the 70s....and I was fucking born here ffs
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
was developed for a Microsoft programme that gave text to comic with speech bubbles..
the name comic sans hints at it being for this purposes..
as such it was never intended for formal documents and should not be used for cover of a book..
see linkage
comic sans good for a lemonade stand.. not much else
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
I never realised font snobbery was so widespread on urbanwas developed for a Microsoft programme that gave text to comic with speech bubbles..
the name comic sans hints at it being for this purposes..
as such it was never intended for formal documents and should not be used for cover of a book..
see linkage
comic sans good for a lemonade stand.. not much else
maomao
普費斯
Great, a website about what comic sans is for written by someone who doesn't know what capital letters are for. That hurt my eyes far more than comic sans ever has.was developed for a Microsoft programme that gave text to comic with speech bubbles..
the name comic sans hints at it being for this purposes..
as such it was never intended for formal documents and should not be used for cover of a book..
see linkage
comic sans good for a lemonade stand.. not much else
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Pickman's model
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