Comic Sans MS is BAD, okay?
I recently had a conversation with a good friend, who’s website is written in Comic Sans Ms. We are working on her new site, and I told her that I absolutely forbid her from using Comic Sans Ms ever again as long as she lives. She promised, but added “I don’t know what’s wrong with it though.” I’m sure she is not alone with this conundrum, seeing how often the font is used in places it has no business being used. So I’ll try to give you a few reasons.
Comic Sans Ms is designed to be used in comics, hence the name. If you are making comics, you can use it inside the bubbles if you must, but even then, there are a lot of other, even more comic options free to download.
I admit, that I have used Comic Sans Ms on my website. It was my first draft and it was the year 1998. I wanted to make a relaxed impression, which is most likely the attempt of most people who are using this font on their websites. I quickly found the commonalities between sites that use Comic Sans Ms, and stopped using it myself. The sad truth is that to most people get the impression that the site is out dated, boring, (we’ve seen it a million times), childish in the bad way, and completely amateurish. The font alone can be enough to turn me away from a website. Comic Sans Ms is a very ugly font. It looks too much like a type font to pass for a respectable comic font, and it’s too comic to pass for a respectable type font.
When I was editing this, I wrote in the code to write the words “Comic Sans Ms” in the said font to emphasise the message. For some automatic editing rule, the text was fully transformed into Comic Sans Ms, and I felt that nauseating feeling that almost makes you puke. It’s that much that I hate the font. Another one that I really really hate is Arial, especially when written in size 12 or bigger, when the ugly curves of it come apparent. I even like Times New Roman more than these fonts, and select it gladly if there is a small choice of fonts. Unfortunately the safe fonts to use online are few, because the font needs to be installed on the readers computer to show properly, so for the people who insist on using a casual font, Comic Sans Ms is more or less the only option. Given the strong reaction that a lot of people have to the font, you should think carefully if it really is worth it. To make a website look more casual, you could put in some heading images written in some casual font you like (look at my headings on the side bar, written in Ashley)… But not Comic Sans Ms, okay..? 
As for print media, there is no reason to use Comic Sans Ms, as you can print out any font you have on your computer or the company’s computer who does your printing for you. If a printing company prints your product with Comic Sans Ms without attempting to change your mind on it, you should fire them. 
They have allowed you to make a fool out of yourself, as the font just screams out “amateurish & cheap printing”. When I think of a restaurant menu written in Comic Sans Ms, I think of a buffet place with the customer’s middle age being around 65. I would guess that is the complete opposite to what the advertiser TRIED to tell me.
I honestly don’t know why this perticular font is so widely hated, but then again, it is also widely loved. It usually catches the eye of the first time computer user. I certainly wrote a lot of stuff in Comic Sans when I started using the computer, as I said in the beginning. That is also why it screams out “amateur” as it is the first love of many computer users, but after a bit more study, the appeal of it wears of very quickly.
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