Comic Sans - It must be banned at once

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Killyp (archived)
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Posted April 24, 2007 at 17:19 GMT
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Helvetica was first used by B&O on the BeoMaster 1200 or the BeoLab 5000 system I believe, it was a favourite of Jensen's but was dropped at the Beosystem 5000 for something different (but very similar).

This Jacob Jensen book is proving to have some useless, but detailed information! 😂
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henrik (archived)
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Posted April 25, 2007 at 04:17 GMT
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Yes, most if the Jensen-designed beoproducts use Helvetica. I think the change (to Frutiger?) was at the same time as they changed from brushed aluminium to polished aluminium, but I may be wrong. I think Helvetica was an excellent choice, btw.
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jandyt (archived)
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Posted August 20, 2007 at 18:28 GMT
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Glad we all levelled off on this font.
Much easier on the eye than multiple fonts.🙂

Andy T.

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piercepd (archived)
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Posted August 22, 2007 at 07:40 GMT
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But surely that becomes more than a tad dictotorial!!

Personally, I find this a lot easier to read than Helvetica, although I must admit I'd like an 11pt version. I just find it interesting that we have Wingdings as an option... Hmmm, Papyrus would be nice. 😜

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ndaniels
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Posted August 22, 2007 at 08:51 GMT
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Although I'm no fan of comic sans rather than inflicting a set of mandated fonts on everyone, why not set your browser to only render in the fonts you prefer?

 

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