AM on November 16, 2009 [ 1 favorite ] When I saw this headline last night I immediately thought of Cayce Pollard from William Gibson's Pattern Recognition who had an allergic reaction to logos. She couldn't wear or carry anything that showed a logo. Times square would drive her to anaphylactic shock. Surprised that no else mentioned that. posted by Babblesort at 7:54 AM on November 16, 2009 [ 1 favorite ] That's a seriously bad job of typosetting, and I'm not even vaguely anal about typographic quality. posted by sciurus at 8:16 AM on November 16, 2009 I love Comic Sans because it's completely guileless. There's something about it that makes my heart glow and I immediately trust the entity behind the site. I've been surfing a lot of vacation rental sites lately and it's funny how you can use web design and font choice to type someone. (And I totally did *not* spend 10 minutes mousing over the navigation bar here or anything.) posted by jenh at 8:24 AM on November 16, 2009 [ 10 favorites ] I like reading about other people's extreme aesthetic allergies, because it makes me feel better about my own. Reading about some fontwonk having a conniption over kerning makes me feel less insane when I can't stop my self from scowling or sneering when someone walks into the room wearing warm-up pants. or Crocs, or *gasp* both. So loud, such bad texture and hideous hideous design. Or that taking an active dislike