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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.

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

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.

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 🙂

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.

Shit I might just try this out. I hope my colleagues don’t notice.

Need to give this a go at work tomorrow!

Saving that font for my e-reader tablet.

Suuuper legible and fast to read.

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

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

"Serious tho, Comic sans" four words I didn't expect today. Thanks for the heads up on legibility as a small font.

Comic Code is my go-to!

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

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.

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.

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.

If the font weight were ratcheted down a little, I'd be pretty happy with it.

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.

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!

Honestly it looks really nice and easy to read. I personally code in Fira Code, but everyone has their preferences. No judgement at all!

You absolute madman

Nothing wrong with that. I personally couldn’t switch to it though.

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/

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.

It's crazy enough to be a good idea, have to try it

That's actually not bad.

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.

not a crime. i use it for my notepad, it looks weird but its fine for me.