if you want to type something that will be displayed publically, you should do it in Helvetica so that you don't freak out the anal retentive typographers who will KILL, yes, KILL, if you use Papyrus or Comic MS Sans. posted by mccarty.tim at 7:25 PM on November 15, 2009 [ 2 favorites ] on the perils of being a font nerd Is it that, or just being a really dedicated professional? Because I imagine lots of folks do a lot of teeth-grinding when they see common errors, abuses, and misuses of the ideas or artifacts that they've spent such a long time learning to execute or use properly, and and on which they've staked careers created by a belief that doing whatever the thing is well or otherwise getting it right, really matters. (I mean, I pretty much can't watch Ken Burns documentaries anymore.) posted by liketitanic at 7:27 PM on November 15, 2009 [ 2 favorites ] la admits liking Comic Sans. Get out the rope. (or...get over fontomania) posted by kozad at 7:28 PM on November 15, 2009 There's no font in the world that could make this article less hateful. Unless it was turned into Wingdings and sent to Microsoft as an Excel crash report. posted by turgid dahlia at 7:29 PM on November 15, 2009 [ 2 favorites ] I can sympathize simply on the basis that having worked in a Retirement Services division of a bank, I will never hear any more wrong phrase