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[dead] ploxination
He makes quite the good point. Comic sans is very easy on the eyes, especially on printed paper. My current company has a non-derived relation to using a roflcopter.
freehunter
That may be the worst interview I've read. To sum it up:

"Comic Sans has its purpose. I still design fonts, and I do it as a business not as an art. I hate driving."

Just pepper that summary with typographical errors, formatting mistakes, and then remove all the substance. There, I saved you a click-through.

qjz
A great font is one that fit’s it’s purpose.

Sentences like that burn my eyes in any font.

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endersshadow
Maybe the author just really likes apostrophes and doesn't think they get enough usage.
sunchild
What I got from this is that this guy does not have any passion for typography at all. It's a job title for him.
gallerytungsten
re: "For every person that doesn’t like Comic Sans there are two that love it."

Pro tip: defensive answers like this don't help your case.

I'd like to see the survey results for actual designers; I suspect the dislike to like ratio would be in excess of 99-1.

talmand
I believe he wasn't referring to designers in that equation. Based on the number of times I've seen Comic Sans used by non-designers I would say he may be correct.