[Year 12 IT Apps] Interface design: Typefaces, and Comic Sans.

[Robert Hind]

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 :-)
  
Look at http://contrastrebellion.com/

Robert Hind
Retired
Ex Traralgon and Ashwood


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark 
  To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 2:30 PM
  Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Interface design: Typefaces, and Comic Sans.


  The anger against Comic Sans during discussions of  typefaces never fails to amuse me. 

  It's akin to the vitriol one sees during gun control debate in 'Murica.



  - http://www.comicsanscriminal.com

  - http://bancomicsans.com

  - http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fixing-the-worlds-most-hated-font-comic-sans-gets-a-makeover-20140425-zqze4.html

  - http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-11582548

  - http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Dave/comicsans2.png


  I think Comic Sans should be legalised (for use in private by consenting, loving adults).


  -- 



  Mark Kelly
  mark AT vceit DOT com
  http://vceit.com


  Vincent Connare is innocent!





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