I have a confession to make... I code in Comic Sans
Seriously, though, Comic Sans was originally designed to be legible at the smallest possible font size, and the lack of hard lines makes it easier to read!
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I…don’t hate it? Why am I not horribly offended by this?
Same thoughts here. Went in expecting to hate it instantly and found that it sort of looked nice.
I think some of the reason might be that Comic sans used to have really bad kerning. But with a mono font it is not really an issue.
This has me rethinking like two decades of coding. wtf.
Yeah, this has me intrigued. May try it out in vscode just for a lark. Possibly actually will be easier to read with some nice shapes...
I feel the same way. I hate that Iike it and am now going to try it.
Oh no, I was ready to pick up my pitchfork, but that is super legible. Brb, I need to go take a look at myself in the mirror...
Definitely makes sense considering some dyslexic people have found it helpful in terms of legibility
Yep, it shares a lot of characteristics with fonts like Dyslexie, but without some of the more irritating (but helpful) gravity additions that throw off non-dyslexic readers and/or just look odd.
The additions throw off some dyslexic readers too, I've always had an even harder time reading purpose-built dyslexia fonts. Comic mono is top tier for me, it still looks stupid but the readability is incredible.
I didn't want to wake up and start liking comic sans, God damn
I came here to get mad but comic sans monospaced looks really good. I'm impressed. I might switch my IDE to this.
Reducing the font-size makes it look pretty great.
Yeah but does it have ligatures? That's my hard pass on coding fonts.
Looks to me like it has a ligature that visually appears as two separate characters but are spaced to be close together. See the
<=in the code examples on the page.First of all, how dare you
Second of all, how dare you
Third of all, at least it isn't papyrus
Papyrus!!!!
i already do that while playing undertale so no losses
This looks way better than it has any right to, I expected to hate this. Now I'm looking at fonts again reevaluating some shit
⚠️ I have reported this post to the proper authorities.
I mean Comic Mono is mentally relaxing and legible so great font of choice
At least you’re using a monospaced one…
The actual crime.
Why is it so bad?
I use emojis as variable names
Straight to jail
He's a witch!!!!!
I've coded with comic neue https://comicneue.com/ over the last few years. I would definitely recommend it.
I actually like this one. Does it have a monospace version?
That's amazing, I love it. Thanks for linking that!
I tried that this morning at work, as a joke.
It was still there when I got off.
Giggity.
Wow, poor comic sans didn’t deserve all the hate it got
Oh no now I want to build a whole Arch rice around that font.
...no that's not enough.
we need ComicSansOS
Friendship ended with font gatekeeping and dogpiling, accessibility is my new best friend
Yeah, I'm surprised how much I like the look of this. I'm into it.
I used to use Ubuntu mono but now I use Jetbrains Mono but damn that comic sans looks better than I'd expect I might even give it a try!
A dude posted his neofetch on a Linux community and he uses fucking comic sans for his terminal. Probably will rot in hell
I see serifs. You're a phony! A great big phony!
Comic Serif just doesn't have the same ring. Times New Circus?
Clown Gothic
This is cute~! I hated comic-sans when seeing it on lots of tacky corporate and school signs etc. but recently I ironically and then unironically fell in love with its whacky-ness, bold-ness and readability, (I use a Samsung phone, and used PT Mono on the S9, but then future phones blocked custom fonts, so I used one hack-ey Comic-Sans version since my mono ones are so underground no one developed a phone hack - now any font is possible again so I'm using the one below~ )
A few years ago my fav. font became PT Mono, from Google Fonts - cyrilic compatible, it has these angular edges, and swoopy circle curves, so cute <3
THEN there was this font printed on 2011 Pentax Q cameras and lenses that I loved, and couldn't find the original, but there was something very similar, STALKER1 and related similar fonts
PT MONO
STALKER1
These are awesome. I installed them alongside Comic Mono to feel less guilty. Thanks!
My original intention was to come here and proclaim that you're a heretic. Having looked at it for a moment, I think that you're onto something here...
same here... just right now downloading the font, thinking if I don't at least give it a try, I'll forever wonder what it'd be like...
Whoever owns this whole server can you ban this guy. This is a crime to humanity
I thought you actually meant the variable width font and I was about to report the post for gore.
That looks sooooooo nice
Who knew? Just make it monospace.
Fantasque Sans Mono
I'm so hard rn
Haha, this is one and only one thing in my life that I don't want to change, never ever :D
Staring at code for 8 hrs a day, my eyes thank you.
I tried using Comic Mono for coding once after seeing this video about Comic Code. Honestly it was a pretty good experience.
It looks surprisingly decent! Does it support ligatures?
Comic Mono doesn't, but further down someone linked to a version that does!
Seriously, for coding I use daily Fantasque Sans Mono, which is based on Comic Sans. I love it.
Ohhhh that looks super interesting, i can see how that might build less fatigue
I will forever believe the comic sans hate is one of the internet's seemingly random circlejerks, like hating Imagine Dragons.
There were legitimate reasons from a design standpoint. It's badly balanced, the spacing is inconsistent...and it was everywhere.
Funny enough, I suspect what makes it a badly designed font might be why some people with dyslexia have an easier time reading with it. The badly balanced, poor spacing, probably made the letters in the font more distinguishable from one another.
If you (or anyone else that's interested) have the time, I think this article, "Why You Hate Comic Sans," goes over all of it pretty well.
I've heard that too - part of the issue with dyslexia is that it's easy to flip the letters around in your head, when none of the letters look the same, it makes it easier to read. Open Dyslexia is another one that does something similar.
I recently read a review of 1990s pop aesthetics, and it was probably intentional for reasons that resonate with us again. In the 90s, with the advent of omnipresent computers, organic, amateurish handwriting became really popular, and I think that's what comic sans is good at looking like.
You might like to try out Comic Code. Which is a redone version of Comic Mono but more in the style of Comic Neue, while including Programming Ligatures and Powerline etc. (though no logos etc from Nerdfonts so for terminal use you might still need to patch it with the careful option) I am using it and I like it a lot because it is so easy on the eyes like Lexend or Bookerly, but those two are not monospace.
One huge con though, because of the work the author did with redrawing all characters from scratch, it is a font that you have to pay for to use.
If you are still interested, check it out here: https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code
I feel like a whole new world has opened its doors to me. I’m using this tomorrow at work.
I run my real thoughts through a filter of chatgpt with instructions to make it work appropriate, edit font to comic sans, then vary the grayscale of each individual character before I send out emails to people I hate.
pfft! Real devs use wingdings!
If you like that, check out Recursive Sans & Mono
I wouldn't pick it over Fira Code but it has a bit of whimsy to it that reminds me of Comic Mono.
*Really *dig that for a new-wave ui
Ooh, I like that.
Comic Sans is actually really good for dyslexic people. It's why I usually use Comic Sans or Comic Neue when I print stuff out for my dad.
It's actually very common font for dyslexia
Exactly, and iirc any san serif fonts such as Ariel is better than one with serifs such as Times New Roman.
That is true when reading on screens (especially low resolution ones), but serif fonts are thought of as better for print (they help the reader follow the longer lines of text).
Ah, interesting. I know I have trouble with serifs in general but that's not due to dyslexia. I believe that is due my astigmatism. Vertical lines tend to blur together due to me constantly seeing a bit double.
Ngl that is really easy on the eyes. Dammit.
I'm going to try this after trying Intel's new font that's supposed to be made to accommodate for vision impairment.
https://github.com/intel/intel-one-mono
It's not bad, but I hate the braces.
They're certainly visible.
Same. That's what they look like when I draw them
Every PR you make is going to be denied.
I don't care it shows up as my BitStream Sans Mono, I know you write in comic sans, DENIED.
Tough, but ultimately fair
I don't hate it? If this had ligatures, I would consider actually using it. I use Fira Code Retina for now but I'm always down for more options
Comic Code has ligatures, but it's not free. Still $30 well spent for me. https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code
Oh nice!! When I get back to my PC I'll check that out
No shame in doing that. I've respected Comic Sans ever since I heard it's great for people with Dyslexia.
I've heard it's easier for people with dyslexia to read comic sans than most traditional fonts. I have never been diagnosed, but I've long suspected I have it, and I have always loved comic sans and always thought it was very easy to read. I never understood why everyone hates it so much.
You might already know there's a free font for dyslexic people called OpenDyslexic https://opendyslexic.org/
I do know about it, but thank you! Someone else might not have, so you mentioning it is great! I actually use the opendyslexic font for reading on my Kindle, and it's so much more visually appealing to me, and reading feels smoother.
It's definitely a really pleasant font. And I agree, with the other fonts it feels practically like I'm looking at a wall of Roman numerals, and it is not pleasant to read.
Blatant trolling should be banned! Get the pitchforks everyone! :P
That actually looks pretty solid, will have to try it out.
I'm normally quite easy with fonts, for monospace it's usually Fira Code, but for certain tasks I like to use something different.
For instance, terminals usually it's ProFont, and for IRC it's Fantasque Sans. Fantasque Sans is kinda like Comic Sans.
Hmm... maybe I am a bit particular about fonts after all.
ProFont looks quite nice, pretty similar to Terminus Font that I usually use in terminals.
somehow this doesn't offend my eyes the way comic sans usually does, so I guess that's a win?
I do it too when I use python. I just thought it was funny at one point and never changed it lol.
Surprisingly readable. Some of the letters are really close to each other, and multiple capitals together look odd. I will try it 🙂
"Serious tho, Comic sans" four words I didn't expect today. Thanks for the heads up on legibility as a small font.
It's interesting that you added serifs and monospacing to a sans serif font. It's almost like comic sans but with all the things that make it comic sans removed.
Well it is Comic Mono after all, not Comic Sans Mono :)
I unironically really like Comic Mono despite not super being a fan of Comic Sans (not cos it looks bad, I think it's actually really nice looking, just overused)
I keep thinking about switching to this font. I use Fira Code atm, and I'd miss the ligatures, but this genuinely looks a a lot more readable
As long as it's a monospaced font I don't really care what the font is. (Wingdings excluded)
Might give it a try for a day.
Saving that font for my e-reader tablet.
Suuuper legible and fast to read.
There was a YouTube programmer I used to watch called funfunfunction. He'd do a weekly video where he'd take a task, a framework, and a "handicap". One episode I remember someone suggested "comic sans lol" , which he set up, but it looked good
Shit I might just try this out. I hope my colleagues don’t notice.
Need to give this a go at work tomorrow!
Comic Code is my go-to!
Yep, been using Comic Code for a while now - people hate me when they see me use it (and to be fair, outside of a terminal / IDE I wouldn't use regular Comic Sans either) but I suspect they've never actually sat down and glanced at it for a while.
Stumbled into this site while looking through other comments and apparently it was designed for the speech bubbles of a cartoon dog, not sure about the "legible at small sizes" claim - http://www.connare.com/whycomic.htm
So despite the hate Comic Sans gets, squiggly fonts make it easier for dyslexics to read. Non-dyslexics can experience a similar effect by reading a book in serif then a non-serif font. I hate Comic Sans too lol but do what makes your life easier.
Comic sans is actually a great font for this reason. The only reason it gets hate is because it got over used twenty years ago. It's one of the most legible fonts, especially for small text, that comes with Windows.
As someone who always loved Comic Sans and even used it for my little websites back in the early 2000s, I'm in love with this version!
Thank you so much for making this post.
It filled me with an unexplainable joy I haven't felt all day
I'm glad for you!
I tried it on VS Code and it makes my project look a lot more fun to work in. 😂 I'm definitely keeping it.
Honestly it looks really nice and easy to read. I personally code in Fira Code, but everyone has their preferences. No judgement at all!
someone at work was sharing their screen and I think they were using this font
it was pretty jarring to me, but if it helps people read easier that's cool!
If the font weight were ratcheted down a little, I'd be pretty happy with it.
It's really weird to me how Internet sometimes decide to hate on things just for the sake of it.
I wouldn't be using it myself, because I'm not a fan of hand-written style fonts. But, I see no problem with Comic Sans.
Comic Sans is just a poor choice for corporate signage and results in that "this is a Fortune 500 company and not a lemonade stand" reaction. Otherwise it's just another font
That's actually not bad.
Nothing wrong with that. I personally couldn’t switch to it though.
Great to find another Comic Mono user! It's super easy to read. I've been using it in IDEs / Terminal for a while now.
I've even set up Stylus scripts to use it in GitHub and other sites as I find weird going back to the "normal" code fonts.
Me too man! Been using it for over a year now, coming from Fira Code. It's actually a real enjoyable font to look at.
You absolute madman
It's crazy enough to be a good idea, have to try it
not a crime. i use it for my notepad, it looks weird but its fine for me.
I love Comic Mono. I use Comic Code - it's not free but it does support ligatures, which was worth it to me. The legibility boost is excellent.
I've heard Comic Sans is easier for dyslexic people to read.
There's a free typeface made specifically for dyslexic people.
OpenDyslexic typeface: https://opendyslexic.org/
There's also Dyslexie which is another dyslexic typeface but costs money. https://www.dyslexiefont.com/
I haven't heard of this one. I'll be checking it out, thanks!
I don't know why, but it makes my eyes hurt..
I worked with someone who did this, working on a Flash & web front end, her Linux system didn't run Flash so I did all the testing. She worked in proportional spaced free software not-Comic-Sans, in IIRC a customized KATE editor.
Ah, Crazy Linux Girl.
Whatever helps you to the path of a 10x developer, my friend.
I was prepared to hate this, but I actually really like it. Thanks for posting it!
I'd love to see someone code in the actual Comic Sans rather than the awesomely adapted Comic Mono. Indentation be damned!
Um, can I get this to work as a default Lemmy typeface? I love it.
I also like Comic Sans in general, what can I say I guess that makes me a giant Eldritch tentacle monster.
I don't know how things are today but when I was a kid, some of my textbooks and many of my worksheets were in comic sans.
I'm from Balkans, most of our textbooks all the way to highschool were written in some type of Comic Sans. In highschool only English and Math textbooks used Comic Sans font rest of them used Calibri.
I think they mean all the notices and board that used comic sans.
Might have to learn to code, love me some Comic sans
Goddamn it...
installs the font on his computer
This is surprisingly not bad...
I've been using it for a while. It's pretty great.
It’s supposed to be one of the most accessible fonts for dyslexic folks as well.
Do you have a Samsung smartphone? 😂
motorola, actually ^-^
Thanks OP. U did good my sans
I read Code in Comic Sans and I knew it was Mono.
Once I found that I run like everything I can as Comic Mono. VSCode, Terminal, my SteamDeck.
Look what you have done! I used Operator Mono for Italics. I kind of like this!
I think I might try it in Visual Studio tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zvWXT53puQ&t=201s&pp=ygUTd29sZmdhbmcgQ29taWMgU2Fucw%3D%3D
LOL. Love to hear it.
My eyes just can't adjust to this.
cc dashdecent was Way easier for me.
Wow, that's kind of amazing. I'll be trying it out now. Thanks!
I didn't even know there was a monospace version of it. I think I'm going to try it out lol
I was addicted to coding with Comic Mono and ended up purchasing Comic Code. No regrets.
I just started using pointfree mono, which is an extremely similar feel. Programming is fun again!
WolfgangsChannel also recently said he used a comics sans-lile font
There is nothing wrong with Comic Sans. I stand by this statement.
Does it support ligatures??
nice, i’ve been using Comic Code for a couple years now which is similar
Although I might be interested in using the OP suggestion, I will draw the line at paying for this unholy combination :D ..... But we really, good efforts here