Yep, our 5-year-old told his teacher not to use Comic Sans
Disclaimer: This is an excerpt from an actual email from Cooper’s teacher that came to my inbox yesterday. I almost fell over when I read it. As designers, we’re trying to raise design-minded kids and Cooper has always shown an affinity for typography from a very young age… but no one will believe us when we say we aren’t forcing this on him. He IS right about Comic Sans, though. Maybe he’ll start a movement to improve typography in preschool classrooms across America!
Ya can’t make this stuff up, folks.
Watch Cooper (at age 3!) try to convince the internet that his dad loves Zapfino.
[...] in the classroom. The teacher, having a hard time making sense of Coopers typeface suggestion, sent this email to his [...]
Comic Sans has been proven in clinical studies to be the most readable and egible font for students with learning disabilities. Though your son has a stylistic point, the teacher could easily be attempting to foster an adaptation that reaches the entire classroom.
Yes Matt, we are completely aware of the utility behind the lower-case ‘a’ in Comic Sans. Did not want to ignore your comment. Lori and I did not make much fuss about Comic Sans, the kid (for the most part) took issue with it on it’s own.
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[...] Yep, our 5-year-old told his teacher not to use Comic Sans [...]