Comment by jdthedisciple
3 years ago
Looks nice, though my guess is it would be more appealing to kids if it used more color, a bigger font size and a more "fun" font family like Comic Sans perhaps.
Nice work though, would definitely consider this for my own kids.
Please no. Doh’t feed bad typography to kids.
(When I was a kid, I had access to good design examples. I hated fonts “for kids”. Also, because the essence of play is simulation, and childish fonts ruin the game)
Comic sans black on white is more readable than most copy produced in modern web products.
Designers love grey on grey. I’ll take comic sans any day.
Font and font contrast are entirely orthogonal.
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While I wouldn’t advocate for Comic Sans, monospace isn’t exactly good typography either.
But appropriate for a game about shell commands.
> When I was a kid, ... I hated fonts “for kids”
So you were a snob since you were a child. Got it.
Please stop gatekeeping subjective matters.
Kids don't like comics fonts?
Not when they'ee out of place.
Any time I've worked with kids older than ~8, they'll gravitate away from comic or obviously "kid focused" fonts, and more towards "cool" fonts.
And a mascot - Pipey