Designers, by nature, are typography snobs. And we’re damn proud of it. Unfortunately, this puts us at odds with the general public over a single polarizing issue: Comic Sans.

Few fonts elicit such a passionate argument from opposing sides. Your average Joe thinks Comic Sans is a fun n’ friendly, easy-to-read, all-purpose font. This seems to be especially true of school teachers and the cleaning service that leaves fliers in my subdivision’s newspaper boxes. (Note to self: mail cleaning service a business card and suggest a flier redesign.)

Graphic artists, on the other hand, hate Comic Sans. In our humble opinion, it’s the single most over-used and often-abused font in existence today. (Blame Microsoft for  pre-loading the lil’ gem on every PC since the introduction of Windows 95.) It may look “cute” on your kid’s print-at-home birthday party invitation, but it certainly is not appropriate for use in a corporate brochure. Unless the look you’re going for is cheap and amateurish. But I doubt that.

The extreme animosity toward this poor font has even inspired an official movement within the design community. A website aptly named “Ban Comic Sans” has a single mission: to put the sans in Comic Sans. (Oh design humor, how I love thee.)

At this blog-style site, you can submit your own photos of Comic Sans gone wrong and even sign a petition to ban the font once and forever. Maybe some day, in my wildest dreams, it’ll actually become a real law. But in the meantime, I think I’ll just ask Santa for my official “Ban Comic Sans” coffee mug and hope people get the hint.