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Comment by carlesfe | Hacker News Reader

Slightly off topic, but does anybody know why the OpenBSD community has started using Comic Sans in all their material? Is it some kind of inside joke?

I don't find it neither good nor wrong, but there must be some reason behind it.

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Remember—it’s not just Comic Sans; it’s “weaponized” Comic Sans: http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00025.htm....

It's the only truly secure by default font.

https://twitter.com/michaeldexter/status/489515383682920448

Like wearing a SPAM[1] shirt to a vegan potluck, I guess.

[1] http://www.spam.com/

There was another discussion about it recently on HN, which linked to this:

http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00025.htm...

lol... weaponizing fonts. Well played.

I remember Bob Beck saying it was one of the three fonts that works with MagicPoint and the one that is most readable on projector.

and the fact it is just the best font. period

If someone starts giving any importance to the font instead of the code quality he or she gets summarily expelled. Helps keeping the priorities right.

I think it's just the OpenBSD crew having fun by watching people cringe.

Started?

Didn't it only start during that fundraising drive a year or two ago? Or is it older than that?

You can scroll through http://www.openbsd.org/papers/ if you're curious. Mostly depends on author (or if they're using magicpoint, really). http://www.openbsd.org/papers/pacsec03/e/index.html was 2003.

I think it's more fun to consider the widespread "hate" of comic sans, and considering whether it is really "bad" or just band-wagoning.

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