# Salamander? Was this TRULY the best you could do?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salamander-was-this-truly-the-best-you-could-do/203711>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 25, 2003, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salamander-was-this-truly-the-best-you-could-do/203711 "2003-09-25T10:50:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salamander-was-this-truly-the-best-you-could-do/203711/41 "2003-09-26T13:56:36Z")

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> \*Originally posted by SkipMagic \*  
> \*\*I thought **Libertarian** was just having fun with it. In which case, even if he isn’t, why are you wasting your time complaining about a guy complaining about a font? \*\*

Ah, but why are you wasting _your_ time complaining about a guy complaining about a guy complaining about a font? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salamander-was-this-truly-the-best-you-could-do/203711/42 "2003-09-26T14:21:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jjimm \*  
> \*\*Ah, but why are you wasting _your_ time complaining about a guy complaining about a guy complaining about a font? :dubious: \*\*

Whoa, good point, that.

It’s a good thing, then, that I asked a question instead of complaining. Close call!

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**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salamander-was-this-truly-the-best-you-could-do/203711/43 "2003-09-26T14:59:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Already in Use \*  
> \*\*Next time, choose a bigger target, like Comic Sans MS. Ugh, just seeing it makes me want to gouge out my eyes. \*\*

For some reason I thought I’d inject a random piece of fact into this rather innane thread - sorry if this is out of character. Comic sans is a very valuable font and is one of very few which can be utilised for the teaching of children due to the fact the letter ‘a’ does not look like an iron, but is the ‘zero with a tail’ shape taught in basic handwriting. So Comic sans (or similar) is used for all teaching literature created by teachers, at least in the UK. Isn’t that just facinating?

**a** = **X** for teaching kids to write properly. Sorry for the interuption. Carry on.

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