How can you hate a font? I've often been puzzled by the Comic Sans haters out there in the world. And finally, some guy has produced a professional and truly entertaining, if tongue-in-cheek rebuttal.
On a slightly more serious note, I use Comic Sans occasionally, on this blog, but in my teaching work, I use it quite a bit when making hand-outs for my lower-grade, lower-ability students. Why? Because there have been actual studies that show that Comic Sans (and related simple, "handwriting style" fonts) is easier for people unfamiliar with the Latin alphabet to read.
As an example, consider the shape of the letter "g" in a more "sophisicated" font:
g
I've had lower-level students point to a printed "g" of this style in their school books and ask me literally, "what's that?" Compare it to what they're taught to write:
g
Think about it. And stop the Comic Sans hating, people.
Today was a truly useless day, by the way. I didn't do any of the things I'd intended to do. My procrastination is on maximum.
[Daily log: hah]
Fonts with g’s that are not in the Times New Roman style do exist outside of Comic Sans, you know.
I think that “X Y” did not read my blog post very carefully. I probably should have just deleted his/her comment, but I felt so proud at having acquired my very first genuine blog-troll! Congratuations, “X Y” on your status as internet troll. ^_^