Pe Bes A 4 iG Sans the hate Jessica Berget Editor-in-Chief hat's everybody's problem with Comic Sans? It's really not that bad of a font. I mean, just look at it! The way the edge of each letter is so beautifully soft and rounded. It's goofy yet formal demeanor almost like a tuxedo t-shirt. They way they look like they were drawn by a kindergarten student. Isn't there something so whimsical and child-like about it? Not convinced? Well, don't just take my word for it. Even Vincent Connare, the creator of the elusive typeface praises its design. Ina 2017 Room 1020 - 700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC, V3L 5B2 604-525-3542 Jessica Berget @ Editor-in-Chief fo%. M editor@theotherpress.ca Position Open News Editor © news@theotherpress.ca Morgan Hannah & Life & Style Editor g M lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca Position Open Entertainment Editor WM humour@theotherpress.ca (a) James Moore #, ~—sLayout Manager wi). © layout@theotherpress.ca Lauren Kelly 7) Graphics Manager atti, ©) graphics@theotherpress.ca Wired conference, he calls his textual invention “the best font in the world.” I mean, he did create it, so he should know something about good fonts, right? So how did the world come to be blessed with the presence of Comic Sans? In 1995, Microsoft released a software called Microsoft Bob. It served as a user-friendly program to introduce young users to the operating system. A cartoon dog named Rover served as the guide by speech bubbles. Connare was not a fan of Rover talking in the very formal Times New Roman and thought it needed a more comical feel. Hence, Comic Sans. Drawing @ theotherpress.ca © editor@theotherpress.ca ¥ © /theotherpress f/douglasotherpress Janis McMath Assistant Editor M assistant@theotherpress.ca Sonam Kaloti & Arts Editor M arts@theotherpress.ca Position Open Opinions Editor M opinions@theotherpress.ca Caroline Ho Web Editor © webeditor@theotherpress.ca Nhi Jenny' Vo Production Assistant Jacey Gibb Distribution Manager pee Ty on inspiration from comic books like Watchmen and The Dark Knight, he initially wrote the new font by hand. In the end, Microsoft Bob didn't end up using Comic Sans, but the font still lives on. Love it or hate it, it's going to be around for a long time. There are so many other bad fonts to dislike, but too many people have jumped on the Comic Sans hate train. Have you seen Papyrus recently for God's sake? Mistral? French Script? CURLZ MT?i?l?! These are all fonts that should never have been birthed into creation, yet here they are. And people still want to hate on good ol' salt-of-the-earth Comic Sans. Brittney MacDonald Business Manager Cara Seccafien Illustrator Tania Arora Staff Reporter Billy Bui Staff Photographer Cheryl Minns Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnists Craig Allan Eric Wilkins Richard Dick Contributors Virginie Ann The Concordian - Concordia University via Canadian University Press Cover and feature illustration by Janis McMath Well I won't stand for it any longer. What has Comic Sans ever done to you? Did a harmless font kill your crops, kidnap your family, and burn your house down? I doubt it. Comic Sans has done nothing wrong except be a fun and silly font, so to see so many people hating on it makes my heart weep with Comic Sans font tears. Surely, there is nothing comical about the abuse this font endures. Limes, Jessica Berget Jessica Berget The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, independent of the student union. We are a registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by our staff. Our head office is located in the New Westminster campus. The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, and monthly during the summer. We receive our funding from a student levy collected through tuition fees every semester at registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that includes papers from all across Canada. The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and we will not publish material that is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes illegal activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners.