53 Responses to “Just Creative Design Switches To Comic Sans”

1. David Stanley on Apr 1, 2009 said:

   Love your site, love your work. As for the font choice…it will have to grow on me. Keep thinking creatively and keep leading the field. I think you are one of the most talented designers out there right now.

2. imakemudcastles on Apr 1, 2009 said:

   Happy April Fools Day!

3. Kyle Jacobson on Apr 1, 2009 said:

   I smell an April Fool’s joke. Nonetheless, the fact that you were able to change all the type on the site suggests you maintain your stylesheets well. Painless to change back on April 2!

4. Kyle Jacobson on Apr 1, 2009 said:

   Man, imakemudcastles must have beaten me by a few seconds. Congrats mudcastles!

5. Simko (@ashleysimko) on Apr 1, 2009 said:

   Well played…

6. Luca on Apr 1, 2009 said:

   Nice April Fools

7. John on Apr 1, 2009 said:

   Worst. April. Fools. Joke. Ever.

   C’mon, you can do better than that.

8. Livia (@chamelledesigns) on Apr 1, 2009 said:

   Doesn’t look too bad..

9. Leon Poole on Apr 1, 2009 said:

   lol. I don’t think i’ve ever seen a site all in comic sans before.. good thing this is only a temporary joke.. I hope!

10. Cristhian Bedon on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    && the jokes begin.

11. Lisa on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    The horror…

12. Usual suspect on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    Worst April Fool’s I’ve seen so far on the web. I have you on RSS and Twitter, but this is plain stupid.

13. rafael armstrong (@rcarmstrong) on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    Wonder how this would look in Papyrus?
    

14. Rachel on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    You guys, Comic Sans is SOOO much better than Helvetica!

15. Rafie on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    I wonder tomorrow the RSS subscribers turned to zero, 0. Lol!

    Have a wonderful 1st April! Why don’t you change to something like Joker font or etc. Or, symbols. That’s even hilarious.

16. Paul on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    Lmfao! Good one. I actually fell for it.

17. Rubens on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    Happy April Fools!

    =)

18. Torrie Foster on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    I really hope you’re joking ; )

19. Meaghan on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    omg i was FREAKING OUT until i saw the comments and remembered its april fools.
    oh man, well done.

20. lisa on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    my jaw dropped when i saw the site. hahaha!

21. Tavis on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    I was thinking in my head “Really, Comic Sans??! Has Jacob finally derailed? I thought Comic Sans was forbidden in the design community?!” LOL good thing I read the other comments! You got me

22. Kumail.H.T on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    I love that font you used, which font was that again? Its a typographic wonder!

    /sarcasm

23. Tony on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    I think this is a great April Fool’s joke! The key to a good April Fool’s joke is plausibility. For the most part, I think we know Jacob would never do something like this…but you never know…

    I’m going to go switch my website to Marker Felt now. Thank God for CSS!

24. Antonea on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    As I was reading this post in my head I was thinking of a way yo kindly say “Comic Sans sucks.” Haha. As I began to read comments I realized it is indeed April 1st on your side of the world. The joke is definitely on me! Nice one Jacob

25. Jonathan F. Mayer on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    Brilliant.

26. Steven on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    OMG… I was thinking, comic sans is one of the most condemned fonts for designers, and this site use it!?!? until I found out it’s April 1st today.

    well Happy April Fool

27. Jeff Wymer on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    Comic sans is funny –– if you really want people to scratch their heads try:

    Papyrus: http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts.....pid=203883

    Critter: http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts.....pid=202881

    Curlz: http://www.fonts.com/findfonts.....agodYV2eug

    I would love to see any of the above!

28. Doug G on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    The joke is all on you when April 2 rolls around…

29. @chopps on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    I prefer “sand”

30. Nicco on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    It’s still march 31 where I am haha.

31. Maria on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    Nicely done… Finally, a practical application of Comic Sans!

32. ryan on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    I just hurled on my keyboard… damn you, comic sans!

33. Vincent Gates on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    I’m going to be honest, I was fooled… for a second. Until I read the comments. Nicely played
    P.S. It’s still March 31 where I’m at.

    ~Happy April Fools

34. Craig on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    Classic……

35. Alex on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    funny… I’m really tired right now and you had me going for a few moments there…

36. SE7EN on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    I really love Comic Sans
    It’s smokin hot!

37. Jeff SanGeorge on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    http://www.bancomicsans.com
    nuff said.

    Great aprils fools gag!

38. Matt on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    Comic Sans. Not much to be said, except for AWESOME!!

39. Down With Comic Sans on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    Enough said.

40. Beky TG on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    You dag! Your just way too talented Jacob.

41. Alicia on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    I love it! it’s so modern and easy to read!

42. nay on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    It’s not April Fool’s day in California just yet, but I was surprised. At least it wasn’t papyrus.

43. Harley on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    Tavis:

    I was thinking in my head “Really, Comic Sans??! Has Jacob finally derailed? I thought Comic Sans was forbidden in the design community?!” LOL good thing I read the other comments! You got me.

    “”

44. MaFt on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    so glad i’m on a mac at the moment - it doesn;t ‘do’ comic sans, and neither do i

45. Joel Drapper on Apr 1, 2009 said:

    The font was the only thing I really didn’t like about your design. It’s great now!

46. Lindsey on Apr 2, 2009 said:

    Thanks for not leaving the site comic sans! I was super worried for a minute… Especially because yesterday was not April fools in the US, today is, so I didnt get the joke at first!

47. Ace Web Design Adelaide on Apr 14, 2009 said:

    That is a classic. Well done Jacob. Everyone loves comic sans

48. MadRed, Madrid on Apr 17, 2009 said:

    It’s now the 16th! - I’m sorry I missed this one. I’d love to see a snapshot of the whole site in it’s full glory of Comic Sans!!

49. Amanda Vlahakis (@trulyacedesign) on Apr 24, 2009 said:

    I know, I missed it also, I’d love to see it, come one, give us a link to where we can view it

    Personally I think that Papyrus would have been more …. ahem…. ’striking’

    Amanda

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