grannyGrumpy wrote the following as part of a post:
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Originally Posted by grannyGrumpy
@wombat, why you be dissin' that cute little Comic Sans? 
No, I know it is unsuitable for body text, it's too restless. It is why I won't use Charis SIL in spite of all the online love --- The letter heights seem to vary just a bit, and to my eyes give a "hills and valleys" appearance.
I saw a remark somewhere that somebody sometimes uses Courier New, and that one I totally don't understand -- the font is so light and thin, I don't even like to use it on a pc monitor, but use instead Bitstream Vera or Deja Vu when I need a monospace font. Monaco is my first love for monospace, but it's not re-distributable. I'm test-driving the recently released Courier Prime (SIL OFL License). |
I agree that Comic Sans is usually unsuitable for body text. That's kind of appropriate since it was intended to simulate the hand lettering used in comic books for word balloons and thought boxes. In my experience when reading comic books, other typefaces are often used when longer blocks of text are written.
I think one use for Courier New is to give text the look of the type produced on an old-fashioned typewriter (which according to Wikipedia was the purpose of the original Courier). Like I mentioned in my last post with Comic Sans, I think that it is appropriate when used for sparingly and for a specific effect.