pelya@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTIL if you google 'Comic Sans', the search results webpage will change font to Comic Sanslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1210arrow-down1external-linkTIL if you google 'Comic Sans', the search results webpage will change font to Comic Sanslemmy.worldpelya@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
Also works for searches ‘Times new roman’ and ‘Courier new font’, but not for ‘Lucida console font’ or ‘Dejavu sans font’.
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minus-squareBezier@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 years agoI was just thinking it didn’t feel as offensive as I remembered. Seems that the fake comic sans is more normal.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·2 years agoI think it’s Comic Neue, an enshittified version of Comic Sams
minus-squarenoodle (he/him)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 years agojust because you personally like something less, doesn’t automatically mean it’s “enshittified”.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 years agoComic Sans is freeware. Also, they can use CSS to force Comic Sans if installed.
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minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoI heard they had to make it freeware to put into web standards. So they didn’t and still made it annoyingly ubiquitous? Bastards.
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I was just thinking it didn’t feel as offensive as I remembered. Seems that the fake comic sans is more normal.
I think it’s Comic Neue, an enshittified version of Comic Sams
just because you personally like something less, doesn’t automatically mean it’s “enshittified”.
Comic Sans is freeware. Also, they can use CSS to force Comic Sans if installed.
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I heard they had to make it freeware to put into web standards. So they didn’t and still made it annoyingly ubiquitous? Bastards.