Happy Comic Sans Day

One of the happiest accidents ever, Comic Sans was designed to be used in cartoon speech bubbles. It can be difficult to read, in part because it is a “sans serif” font, not well suited for many lines of text. It uses lines at varying angles to form the letters, and there’s little to no uniformity in the design, making it appear disheveled and messy. It is discouraged for use with children, and widely viewed as the worst font. You will be judged harshly if you use it. But here’s the happy parts:

Despite how much people despise this typeface, it turns out that if you use Comic Sans to draft you will write more and you will write faster. We’re talking double on average.

The entire point of Comic Sans is that each letter is totally distinct from the others. People who have dyslexia love this font: the irregularly-shaped letters make it easier to break words down into their component parts and properly interpret them.

If you feel like people think you’re ugly and useless and even ridicule you, think of Comic Sans. You have a super power, you just need to find out what it is and who it helps.