mannykannot a day ago

Begging the question? It appears to be an opinion, and it is definitely not an argument.

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  • adastra22 a day ago

    Start of thread:

    > I actually really like Comic Sans and that style of font. Don't understand the haters!

    Then you replied saying among other things that its use is inappropriate in many contexts.

    But that’s circular. why is it deemed inappropriate?

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    • xpe a day ago

      You can't spell funeral without fun.

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    • dspillett a day ago

      You seem to be talking to three posters as if we are all the same person…

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    • mannykannot a day ago

      With or without the apparent misidentification of authorship, it is not clear to me what could be seen as circular here.

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dspillett a day ago

Well, I gave two examples of many possibilities. To go into a bit more detail on them:

Bad news from work in a jovial friendly font like comic sans would be inappropriate from the view of entirely failing to show empathy and read the room. A typeface like that on a 0% pay rise, redundancy notice, or news that the team had lost a significant contract would be an extra slap in the face. I have seen this sort of thing. The level of incredulity that could be read into your reply begs a question or two back: do you really think it might be appropriate?, and if so: why?

The funeral notice is more of a grey area as it depends on the person being funed. I don't think many would want comic sans used in that context, I know I wouldn't, but of course some might, and may even request it. Heck, if they requested bright rainbow striped Ransom Note Extra Bold with added porn windings, darn well use that. It is their funeral, after all.

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