# Does my user name font suck?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 5, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446 "2002-11-05T22:25:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/21 "2002-11-06T01:50:54Z")
Inoffensive, yes.
We try to fight ignorance here, and we shouldn’t judge people by their appearance, or Dopers by their name. Still, though, my first impression was that you might hang with a bunch of people with handles like “Captain Kidd,” “The Slayer” or “Lord of Darkness,” and that your posts will run along the lines of “Ðóë§ @ñýøñé |¬@/ê @ñ¥ ©òó£ //â®éz???”
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/22 "2002-11-06T01:56:38Z")
Welcome to the SDMB.
The special character thing is lame. Not so much offensive as annoying. I would like it if you changed it. Thanks for asking.
Haj
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### Author:  [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/23 "2002-11-06T02:28:46Z")
My view is it was cute the first time I saw it, but after that it fairly promptly moved to mildly irritating.
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### Author:  [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/24 "2002-11-06T06:57:26Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by c\_carol \*
> \*\*Is “font” really the right word to use here? The question is really “Is it OK to have a name that’s almost entirely made of special characters?” Unless I’m misunderstanding something (which is entirely possible), that’s not the same thing as “font”. \*\*
Bam! You got it, it’s not a font, it’s the use of special characters. I think it’s somewhat original, in an out of the box kind of way, which is why I think most people don’t like it.
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### Author:  [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/25 "2002-11-06T07:05:33Z")
I like it. It’s different, and as long as **Deep Fried** doesn’t mind if I just use th’ normal alphabet for quickness when referring, I don’t mind th’ visuals at all. Quite cool, actually.
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### Author:  [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/26 "2002-11-06T07:22:00Z")
It’s original, at least as far as the board is concerned, and while at first it took me by surprise, it is fine by me. If anything, it makes me wish I chose a more original name when I first logged on; my handle is rather drab, it would seem. In short, my answer is merely an echo of the positive answers given here.
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### Author:  [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/27 "2002-11-06T08:30:11Z")
What Giraffe said.
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### Author:  [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/28 "2002-11-06T08:37:48Z")
I don’t know about this board, but others I’ve used forbid use of non-standard characters. Mostly because they don’t display correctly on certain computers. It looks like garbage on my browser too unless I change the encoding setting, and then I have to change it back when I go to Japanese web sites.
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### Author:  [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/29 "2002-11-06T08:46:50Z")
**scr4** , what if a page legitimately has an e with an umlaut? There are words that have that character. You can’t read that without changing your encoding setting?
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### Author:  [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/30 "2002-11-06T08:59:19Z")
What **hajaro** said.
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### Author:  [@King\_Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Friday)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/31 "2002-11-06T09:02:29Z")
what a dork
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### Author:  [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/32 "2002-11-06T10:47:25Z")
“suck”?
Do you dislike fellatio?
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/33 "2002-11-06T11:09:04Z")
A. Not offensive, though if I were talking to you on the boards, I’d resent having to copy&paste all the time. It does make you look younger than most participants, but perhaps we’re just a load of old farts.
B. It appears fine, but then again my browser and OS are less than 10 bloody years old.
C. Nope. I think it’s a work of art. Just not one that appeals to me aesthetically.
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### Author:  [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/34 "2002-11-06T11:53:00Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Achernar \*
> \*\ ***scr4** , what if a page legitimately has an e with an umlaut? There are words that have that character. You can’t read that without changing your encoding setting? \*\*
Yes, it’s often the case. Most Japanese browsers assume the text uses one of the several Japanese encoding methods, and extended non-Japanese characters display incorrectly. One fix is to specify the encoding method in the HTML file header, but not all pages do that.
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### Author:  [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/35 "2002-11-06T14:03:32Z")
It’s fine. Welcome to the boards.
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/36 "2002-11-06T14:27:12Z")
[reminiscing]
Ahhhh. AOL, late 90’s. Getting flamed for no reason in chat rooms by 13-year-olds with user names just like yours.
[/reminiscing]
Yeah. It annoying, but Welcome Fellow Newbie.
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### Author:  [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/37 "2002-11-06T15:37:50Z")
Looks fine to me, DeepFried.
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### Author:  [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/38 "2002-11-06T16:03:04Z")
I’ve no problem with it at all. Welcome to the boards and enjoy yourself.
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### Author:  [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/39 "2002-11-06T16:25:25Z")
Looks good from here **«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™**.
Of course, the seizure I just had looking at it may have clouded my judgement.
Eh…Keep it anyway.
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-user-name-font-suck/135446/40 "2002-11-06T17:41:15Z")
What **Giraffe** said.
(looks around)
What??
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