It is said that the font added to Instagram is similar to 'the most disliked font in the world'



Instagram

added a font that can be used in the story function in August 2020. It has been pointed out that one of the added fonts is very similar to the ' most disliked font in the world '.

Instagram Stories' new font looks an awful lot like Comic Sans
https://mashable.com/article/instagram-stories-comic-sans-font/

'Comic Sans' is a font designed by Microsoft font designer Vincent Konard, based on lettering handwritten characters of American comic masterpieces ' Watchmen ' and ' Batman: The Dark Knight Returns '. Has become. Originally, it was a font that was supposed to be used for comics, but since it was adopted as a standard font of Windows 95, I bought it from a lot of people for the reason that 'too casual design is too dull'.

Designer who made the font ``Comic Sans'' that happened to the ban movement due to unpopularity-GIGAZINE



When CERN 's research team announced a very important discovery in 2012 that they discovered the ' Higgs boson ,' they adopted Comic Sans as a slide to explain the announcement, but on the Internet, 'what a terrible slide! 'Using Comic Sans in addition to comic balloons is like studying physics according to the Yard-Pond method,' and so on.



The fonts that can be used in Instagram stories were announced to be added on April 30, 2020.



In the story function of Instagram, I entered 'GIGAZINE' using a font similar to Comic Sans in the image below.



And the following is what you typed 'GIGAZINE' in real Comic Sans. You can clearly see that the fonts are different when you compare them closely, but they have the common point that they are handwritten and somewhat pop Gothic, and there is a close impression at first glance.



Some people have shown a strong rejection on Instagram after hearing that a font similar to Comic Sans has been added to Instagram.

'Comic Sans has been added to Instagram, and it's so crisp that the blood is almost boiling.'



'With the addition of Comic Sans to the font, Instagram has become as poisonous as Facebook.'



'Comic Sans has appeared on Instagram. Let's uninstall'



'When I realized that Comic Sans is now available for Instagram stories,'



It should be noted, Comic Sans is dyslexia that it is designed font so easy to read even in people who suffer from (dyslexia) claims there is also. For that reason, Mashable, an overseas news site, says, 'It is undeniable that Instagram adopted a font similar to Comic Sans as a result of considering accessibility.'

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