{"id":176,"date":"2010-06-19T08:11:12","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T15:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff\/06-3\/wheat-from-the-chaff-comic-sans-the-write-type"},"modified":"2011-07-13T17:15:42","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T00:15:42","slug":"wheat-from-the-chaff-comic-sans-the-write-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff\/archives\/176","title":{"rendered":"Comic Sans: The Write Type?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:30px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff\/archives\/176\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"recommend\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"blog\"><!-- back and forward --><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogbody\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Apparently some people don&#8217;t like the Comic Sans font:<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;\">&#8220;Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, &#8220;We don&#8217;t serve your type.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">But seriously, here&#8217;s a response in defense of our favourite faux handwriting font: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/kevin-drum\/2010\/06\/quote-day-comic-sans-fights-back\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/motherjones.com\/kevin-drum\/2010\/06\/quote-day-comic-sans-fights-back<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Here&#8217;s another somewhat backhanded endorsement of Comic Sans. Honest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"405\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KzmrxKhaKRU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"500\" height=\"405\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KzmrxKhaKRU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<div class=\"posted\">Posted by <a href=\"mailto:cwelch@lexiconic.net\">Colin Welch<\/a> at 8:59 PM<br \/>\n<em>Edited on: Sunday, June 20, 2010 1:55 PM<\/em><br \/>\nCategories: <a href=\"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff2\/archives\/cat_humour.html\">Humour<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff2\/archives\/cat_language.html\">Language<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff2\/archives\/cat_modernculture.html\">Modern Culture<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff2\/archives\/cat_technology.html\">Technology<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently some people don&#8217;t like the Comic Sans font: &#8220;Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, &#8220;We don&#8217;t serve your type.&#8221; But seriously, here&#8217;s a response in defense of our favourite faux handwriting font: http:\/\/motherjones.com\/kevin-drum\/2010\/06\/quote-day-comic-sans-fights-back &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 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