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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a SHERIFF - explain the comic more, add title text and transcript. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | See {{w|serif}} and {{w|sans-serif}} on Wikipedia. Serifs are ticks put at the ends of lines that make up letters, like the "feet" put at the bottom of an A, as well as at the peak (the first 3 ticks shown in the comic). Some fonts use them, as visual decoration, and are called Serif fonts, some do not and are called Sans Serif fonts ("sans" being French for "without"). Randall is suggesting a font using ''only'' these accent pieces and skipping the "body" of the letters entirely. | |
− | As for the title text, {{w|Times New Roman}} is a widely available and | + | As for the title text, {{w|Times New Roman}} is a widely available and recognizeable typeface with serifs, widely regarded as the most commonly used. {{w|Comic Sans}} is a sans-serif typeface (that’s what the “Sans” in the name refers to) designed to look like childish handwriting. Many graphic designers {{w|Comic_Sans#Opposition|dislike Comic Sans}} due to a history of amateurs using it in contexts where its informal style is inappropriate, simply in order to use a font that looks different than the standards of Times and Arial and similar. Defenders claim that it is easier for dyslexics to read, but that is true of sans-serif fonts in general. Thus adding serifs to Comic Sans would remove its only redeeming feature. |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
− | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | :[The capital and lowercase forms of the first four letters of the alphabet are written on handwriting paper in a font only consisting of serifs between three gray horizontal lines. Underneath the panel there are two lines of text (in a sans-serif font)] | |
− | + | :AaBbCcDd | |
− | + | :Instead of serif or sans-serif, | |
− | + | :my new font is '''''only''''' serifs. | |
− | :Instead of serif or sans-serif, my new font is '''''only''''' serifs. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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