i hate this so much but this knowledge is too powerful to keep from you all.
last night @phaltu discovered that setting your font to comic sans in google docs improves writing speed and creativity by an insane amount. “no” i said and “die” but then i tried it and god. i wish it wasn’t this way. i wish it wasn’t true. i wish i could protect you all from this but it’s real.
something about this font is so disarming. something about this font lets you look past the shape of the words and into their soul. i’ve never written so much as i did last night, on my phone, at 2am, in comic sans.
if you have writer’s block. if you lack inspiration. if you need this. don’t be afraid to use it. sometimes the things we find most horrifying are also the things we need the most. trust me. let comic sans into your life.
it’s true
comic sans is a somewhat dyslexia-friendly font as well due to the way the letters are drawn (hence why a lot of flyers/posters/signs/etc in stores and such seem to always use comic sans, it’s just easier to see at a quick glance) and since most of the time when you get to the publishing stage of writing you won’t be using comic sans, your brain is forced to re-read everything due to the unfamiliar look of the writing. anyway even if you don’t use comic sans just change your font between drafting and proofreading, it’ll help even if it’s not comic sans