What is...NOT Comic Sans

What is...NOT Comic Sans
Originally uploaded by KitschKat.

I really get pissed off when people act as though they have all the knowledge and artistic sensibility of the entire universe in their little finger. They feel obliged to take pot-shots at designers, like me, without even having the SLIGHTEST bit of understanding about what they are talking about.

This little graphic illustrates such a point.

I have been reading BLOGs ripping into a design I worked on. I won't say what the project was since my client has asked me to stay silent about this. I figure I can say enough to let the steam off..and leave it at that.

These know-it-all-idiots are accusing me of using Comic Sans in my project and declaring that they know better and that 1) it should NOT be used, 2) my client and I must have clipart design skills.

If you check out the image, you will see that what I did was nowhere near Comic Sans. It was far more elegant than that, sheesh...and if I used Comic Sans, it would have been because it was APPROPRIATE to do so.

Also, and most importantly, if "you" are going to rip on someone else's work, then you should take into consideration the design constraints of the project, instead of just assuming that if you did the work, you could do it OH SO MUCH BETTER.

If you followed the request of your client, you'd find that you have to make the best design choices you can based on those requests. You can't go off on a tangent just because you think you know better. What sort of designer is that?

I saw the examples of the hacks who think they can design something better. Their results were way off target of the design criteria and...oh they were so very DULL. Please...Comic Sans would have helped what they did. At least it would have had a bit of character.

'nuff said...