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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>While I am not a fan of Comic Sans I think that
poor colour combinations - such as black text on a blue background, or grey
text on white, or green on red (How many people have some degree of
red/green colour blindness?), and lack of contrast are of more concern in
interface design than the typeface used. Also of course applies to printed
materials such as my NAB Visa card which at one stage had my NAB ID printed in
black on a dark red background :-( At the moment
it is in white on black :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Look at <A
href="http://contrastrebellion.com/">http://contrastrebellion.com/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Robert Hind<BR>Retired<BR>Ex Traralgon and
Ashwood</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mark@vceit.com href="mailto:mark@vceit.com">Mark</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=itapps@edulists.com.au
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 13, 2014 2:30
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 IT Apps] Interface
design: Typefaces, and Comic Sans.</DIV>
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<DIV>The anger against <FONT face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Comic
Sans</FONT> during discussions of typefaces never fails to amuse
me. <BR></DIV>
<DIV>It's akin to the vitriol one sees during gun control debate in
'Murica.<BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>- <A
href="http://www.comicsanscriminal.com">http://www.comicsanscriminal.com</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV>- <A href="http://bancomicsans.com">http://bancomicsans.com</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV>- <A
href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fixing-the-worlds-most-hated-font-comic-sans-gets-a-makeover-20140425-zqze4.html">http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fixing-the-worlds-most-hated-font-comic-sans-gets-a-makeover-20140425-zqze4.html</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV>- <A
href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-11582548">http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-11582548</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV>- <A
href="http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Dave/comicsans2.png">http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Dave/comicsans2.png</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I think </FONT><FONT
face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Comic Sans</FONT><FONT
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> should be legalised (for use in private
by consenting, loving adults).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>-- <BR>
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<DIV>Mark Kelly</DIV>
<DIV>mark AT vceit DOT com</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://vceit.com" target=_blank>http://vceit.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Connare">Vincent
Connare</A> is innocent!<BR></DIV></DIV>
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