Comic Sans
Shares rank 15 of 26 typefaces by recommenders
People recommend it as a clear, legible font that suits dyslexic readers and friendly text, though critics call it overused and lacking in personality.
People recommend it as a clear, legible font that suits dyslexic readers and friendly text, though critics call it overused and lacking in personality.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Clear and legible for reading
“Comic sans seems to be a good font for dyslexic people and helps them read.”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Calibri Wasn't Fit for the State Department; Neither Is Times New Roman” “It's one of the most legible fonts we have.”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “Hybrid Reasoning Agents: LLM agents that think in latent space, act through text” “It’s clear, legible and whimsical.”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri” Whimsical, friendly, comic-book personality
“my lovable, comic-book-inspired, sans-serif badassery”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source” “It’s clear, legible and whimsical.”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Widely disliked, inappropriate for serious use
“as a Comic Sans hating Linux user, I of course don't have the first two installed”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source” “the only place where using Comic Sans is appropriate”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source” “I will not voluntarily look at Comic Sans”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” Seen as a joke or mistake
“Like what if Mercedes used Comic Sans.”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Volvo Centum is Dalton Maag's new typeface for Volvo” “We did that with Comic Sans MS”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “Nebula Sans”
Other typefaces people recommend
The four most recommended other typefaces, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Times New Roman | 35 | 28 | 56% | 4 | — | — |
| Atkinson Hyperlegible | 23 | 2 | 92% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Shantell Sans | 19 | 1 | 95% | 2 | — | — |
| Calibri | 16 | 36 | 31% | 1 | — | — |
| Comic SansThis page | 8 | 4 | 67% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I will not voluntarily look at Comic Sans”
“It's one of the most legible fonts we have.”
“We did that with Comic Sans MS”
“as a Comic Sans hating Linux user, I of course don't have the first two installed”
“my lovable, comic-book-inspired, sans-serif badassery”
“the only place where using Comic Sans is appropriate”
“I'm convinced Comic Sans is the best font option available in Slack”
“Because we like it that way.”
“it actually has very little aesthetic appeal or personality of any kind”
“Comic sans seems to be a good font for dyslexic people and helps them read.”
“Like what if Mercedes used Comic Sans.”
“It’s clear, legible and whimsical.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.