# Comic Sans

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Comic Sans and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a clear, legible font that suits dyslexic readers and friendly text, though critics call it overused and lacking in personality.

## Why people recommend it

- Clear and legible for reading (3 comments): "Comic sans seems to be a good font for dyslexic people and helps them read." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46433150)) "It's one of the most legible fonts we have." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50146266)) "It’s clear, legible and whimsical." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46215932))
- Whimsical, friendly, comic-book personality (2 comments): "my lovable, comic-book-inspired, sans-serif badassery" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48945311)) "It’s clear, legible and whimsical." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46215932))

## What people warn about

- Widely disliked, inappropriate for serious use (3 comments): "as a Comic Sans hating Linux user, I of course don't have the first two installed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48945461)) "the only place where using Comic Sans is appropriate" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48944212)) "I will not voluntarily look at Comic Sans" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50164435))
- Seen as a joke or mistake (2 comments): "Like what if Mercedes used Comic Sans." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46372229)) "We did that with Comic Sans MS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49451199))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Times New Roman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/times-new-roman.md): 35 recommend
- [Atkinson Hyperlegible](https://hackerapproved.com/p/atkinson-hyperlegible.md): 23 recommend
- [Calibri](https://hackerapproved.com/p/calibri.md): 16 recommend
- [Garamond font](https://hackerapproved.com/p/garamond.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Comic Sans", https://hackerapproved.com/p/comic-sans/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).