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Why has Comic Sans stopped working? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by subarctictundra@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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Hello everyone.
I'm trying to style a web page to use Comic Sans. This has worked in the past as I have the font installed on my system (Fedora 38), and I know that Firefox can see it because it can be selected as an option for the default font:

However when I try to use it in CSS, it is not recognized:

I checked and other fonts are not affected:

I can't use the Impact font either. Both work under Chrome.
Does anyone have a clue about what could be going on?
Thanks

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[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 64 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's been banned world wide. Along with papyrus.

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Comic sans is a perfectly valid font and exceptional at its intended role. But it is problematic when used in anything other than a very casual environment.

It's a great choice for something like a web comic. But not for a law firm.

[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

You're not my dad! 🥹

[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You need quotes around the font name. Courier works because it's one word.

[–] grandel@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is the right answer!

I keep reading that people hate CSS, but it's my favorite markup language.

People are probably just frustrated with it because they didn't learn it properly. But that applies to any other language too.

CSS is fucking awesome!

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 2 years ago

have you tried

font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans"
[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago

Hmmm.

What do you get in the terminal:

fc-match 'Comic Sans'
fc-match 'Comic Sans MS'

?

[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's never been a very serious font anyway, so im not shocked it's not working anymore.