LET'S GET LOUD: The History of CAPS LOCK. There's a lot of shouting on the Internet. Sometimes it's a heated political debate. Sometimes it's a nerdy discourse on the lore of Babylon 5. And sometimes it's Nana sending you an email in all caps "BECAUSE I CAN SEE THE LETTERS BETTER THIS WAY. " Bless her heart. French wine accidentally leaves Lorem Ipsum dummy text on their label. Comic Sans. Comic Sans is not official. HELVETICTOC. Comic Sans Criminal - There's help available for people like you! How To Know The Fonts To Never Use. 10 Iconic Fonts and Why You Should Never Use Them. We’ve got a lot to thank Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and the computing world’s other leaders for.
They’re responsible for some of the greatest leaps forward in communications and business in the last 30 years-and many of the biggest innovations in design, too. Without them, our industry wouldn’t be what it is today, and many of the world’s top designers wouldn’t have a platform for their work. However, there is one reason to resent these giants: their choice of fonts. In releasing mega-popular suites and catering to a broad, design-illiterate audience, leading business applications such as Microsoft Word shocked us with the overused fonts that they include standard in their latest releases. This isn’t a riff on the world’s worst fonts, but rather an invitation for amateur designers and business users to stop abusing some of the world’s best fonts. Nothing is particularly wrong with Impact or Comic Sans as fonts per se, but there is a huge deal wrong with using them in every situation. 1. 2. 3.