Comments on: A couple thoughts on typography http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/06/10/a-couple-thoughts-on-typography/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:10:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Karl Ove Hufthammer http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/06/10/a-couple-thoughts-on-typography/comment-page-1/#comment-19099 Karl Ove Hufthammer Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:12:28 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2453#comment-19099 Regarding Comic Sans, for this purpose <a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Andika" rel="nofollow">Andika</a> is a <em>much</em> better alternative. In Andika, neither the ‘p’s and ‘q’s nor the ‘b’s and ‘d’s are mirrors. Andika is also completely free (under SIL Open Font License), and quite beautiful, in my opinion. Here’s the description from the Web page: <blockquote>Andika is a sans serif, Unicode-compliant font designed especially for literacy use, taking into account the needs of beginning readers. The focus is on clear, easy-to-perceive letterforms that will not be readily confused with one another.</blockquote> Regarding Comic Sans, for this purpose Andika is a much better alternative. In Andika, neither the ‘p’s and ‘q’s nor the ‘b’s and ‘d’s are mirrors. Andika is also completely free (under SIL Open Font License), and quite beautiful, in my opinion. Here’s the description from the Web page:

Andika is a sans serif, Unicode-compliant font designed especially for literacy use, taking into account the needs of beginning readers. The focus is on clear, easy-to-perceive letterforms that will not be readily confused with one another.

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