Dear Web/UI/UX/Graphic/Typeface designers
My name is Comic Sans. I am the font that you are bitching about to prove how good you are with typefacing. In fact, I am the Justin Bieber of typefaces. It’s like how you enjoy trashing Justin Beiber to claim your ‘knowledge’ of music. You call Bieber names and make sexual references without guilt even when he was under-age (pedophilia, anyone?) and that mysteriously puts you in the category of ‘serious music listeners’, right? Likewise, you find some pleasure in bashing me for the wrongs of others.
You used to like me when you were young and read comic books. Or at least you didn’t hate me because you didn’t care much about what a font is. Remember, I served your dreams and thoughts when there weren’t many others to help you. It was probably me who helped you reach out to your first chat friend online. It was probably me who told your first love that you love him/her through a greeting card. Heck, it could be me who even helped you get laid through an online message!
Tell me, how am I to be charged when I am used by people at the wrong places? “Ban Comic Sans”? Really? What did I do wrong? I am playful, I am fun and my letters stand distinct from each other so you could read me easily. Am I that bad? It is okay if you don’t want me, though many people still love me, but let me die a dignified death. At least I do not go around bitching about myself like Bieber, don’t you think?
Yours,
Comic Sans MS.