An assault on my dignity…
Uncle B and I sat down to write our wills today – no particular reason, we’ve been meaning to do it for ages. We had a real lawyer send us the questionnaire and everything.
THE TEMPLATE WAS IN COMIC SANS!!!
I’m not having my last will and testament codified in Comic Bloody Sans.
I’m far from a font snob (boy, I’ve known a few) but Comic Sans is the world’s #1 running font joke. It’s not even a good comic book font. It was created to communicate the words of a cartoon dog from Microsoft Bob. Remember Microsoft Bob?
Also, the document formatting was atrocious. I rejiggered the whole thing and set it in Times New Roman like a normal person.
Now I just have to decide what I want done with my earthly remains…
Posted: May 11th, 2022 under personal.
Comments: 6
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Comment from durnedyankee
Time: May 11, 2022, 9:31 pm
Well, errrrmmm, you could consider replacing the elephant shit particles in the Dick award paper with, uhm, your, uhm, dust?
But not in my lifetime please 😜
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: May 12, 2022, 1:25 am
When I first went to work for a newspaper, the editor waved a ruler at me and threatened to beat me every time I said font, when I should have said typeface. I am, most sincerely—a snob. And he really would have beaten me if I’d used Comic Sans for any reason.
Comment from BJM
Time: May 12, 2022, 1:41 am
@stoaty…I dunno Comic Sans is kinda perfect for one’s final edit.
I’m so over serif type…although Georgia is a good compromise and is easier to kern than NTR. Currently, I’m using de Groot’s Calibri with Word and his TheMix or Thesis elsewhere.
My cursive sucks so I print personal correspondence and Costello’s Papyrus is similar to my hand printing. So it’s a fallback.
@durned..I think you have a failure of logic.
Comment from Uncle Al
Time: May 12, 2022, 1:54 am
I’ve long been an admirer of the late, great B. Kliban’s decorative typeface Barf Bold. It’s a shame that no one has ever digitized it for computer use. It would be ideal for messages to bureaucrats, politicians, and Nigerian princes who say they want to give me a lot of money if only I’d send them a little first.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: May 12, 2022, 10:29 am
@BJM – and possibly on multiple levels! I blame Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson.
Possibly Vladimir Putin 😆
Comment from MrsMGunz
Time: May 12, 2022, 11:48 pm
Um…. discussing rat poison and last will & testament in sequential posts might catch someone’s attention, if you know what I mean.
Also, I already made my dead pool pick, so can you hold off until the next round before any … activity, please?
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