War against comic sans

[robjduk]

Anyone got an easy, group policy way to disable fonts such as comic sans? It annoys me more than it should that a respectable secondary school employs people who think comic sans is acceptable.

[witch]

Anyone got an easy, group policy way to disable fonts such as comic sans? It annoys me more than it should that a respectable secondary school employs people who think comic sans is acceptable.

 

That's way beyond your remit - if they want to use it, it isn't your place to tell them they can't, much as you would like to

[3s-gtech]

There are easy ways (deny permissions on the font file, GP file deletion), but it's a bit authoritarian. I've considered it before, but it's better to educate users (such as pointing out and installing some better dyslexia friendly fonts, or linking some articles about them).

[DJ-1701]

That's way beyond your remit - if they want to use it, it isn't your place to tell them they can't, much as you would like to

 

Have to agree with @witch, some schools have stated it as a requirement for SEN reasons for ease of reading. Tread carefully.

[robjduk]

lol no way. Network managers have few perks and bending the will of users is one of them.

[Boredguy]

Users are free to use any font this wish, regardless how much we would like them to use more "professional" styles.

 

If everything was printed/displayed in Arial or Times New Roman it would be very dull.

[Jaan]

That's way beyond your remit - if they want to use it, it isn't your place to tell them they can't, much as you would like to

 

I think [hope] it might have been a joke

[robjduk]

I think [hope] it might have been a joke

 

Im a humorless IT man so wouldnt have got it if it were a joke. Maybe some of your schools are cool with random fonts but I work in quite a respectable place. I gather deleting the file is the main way to do this unless someone else comes up with a better plan?

[witch]

Yesh - I thought it was a joke too - so was my response. Plainly not very amusing today

[pcstru]

Yesh - I thought it was a joke too - so was my response. Plainly not very amusing today

I thought when it comes to typefaces, you were the font of all knowledge?

[jinnantonnixx]

Comic Sans Criminal - There's help available for people like you!

 

The prosecution rests.

[witch]

Ahem! there is a punny thread for that sort of thing

[mikeprice]

Would I get shouted at if I said I don't see the problem with Comic Sans - in the right place

 

(obviously not in a professional business presentation - but I work in a Primary school

Used to used it for lower classes in secondary and phase it out up the years - used the comparison of the powerpoints etc to show year 11's why it shouldn't be used later in life)

[witch]

I work in a Junior school and I agree @mikeprice

[DalekSec]

lol no way. Network managers have few perks and bending the will of users is one of them.

 

With great power comes great responsibility,

 

*Uncle Ben gets shot again*

[mavhc]

Don't tell anyone about http://web.princeton.edu/sites/opplab/papers/Diemand-Yauman_Oppenheimer_2010.pdf

[sparkeh]

Primary here and we don't use Comic Sans as it doesn't show proper letter formation. We shelled out for some proper fonts that demonstrate proper letter formation to the kids.

[Cazale]

Create a new font. Copy Comic Sans. ROT13 the entire alphabet. Delete Comic Sans. Rename new font "Comic Sans". Sit back and open some popcorn.

[jonspurs]

Once you've cracked this, please create a GPO for the world to stop filming in vertical mode.

[mikeprice]

Once you've cracked this, please create a GPO for the world to stop filming in vertical mode.

 

Why - do you always film lying down????

[Allie]

Others have pointed out that this is way beyond your job, but excessively controlling users so they bend to your will and tastes seems to be a theme around here among some people, but I'd like to point out the technical and educational problems as well. One, it's part of the MS core fonts. It's reasonable for a software developer to assume it will exist on every Windows machine, deleting it might break some things. Two, it's reasonable to have the entire MS core set for education - including teaching students about good design and why NOT to use it. You wouldn't want to prevent that, would you?

[Lonix]

Would I get shouted at if I said I don't see the problem with Comic Sans - in the right place

 

(obviously not in a professional business presentation - but I work in a Primary school

Used to used it for lower classes in secondary and phase it out up the years - used the comparison of the powerpoints etc to show year 11's why it shouldn't be used later in life)

 

This is how I feel, if users choose to use it then it's their own choice. I don't see any issue with it even in the professional sense (no I wouldn't use it ever) but I couldn't care less if people do.

 

As for stopping it, you can remove the font from the machine.

[mikeprice]

This is how I feel, if users choose to use it then it's their own choice. I don't see any issue with it even in the professional sense (no I wouldn't use it ever) but I couldn't care less if people do.

 

As for stopping it, you can remove the font from the machine.

 

Yes - but most machines that IT professionals work on are used by other people - often by a variety of other people

 

so it is up to them what font they use

 

e.g. my OH works in the NHS and produces presentations on her findings for professional audiences - sometimes up to to ministerial level

 

 

HOWEVER - maybe tomorrow she will be in a meeting and a nurse working in research will be making a Powerpoint which may be used in a school - the IT dept doesn't know - so what right do they have to remove any fonts!!

[tmoon-mint]

Once you've cracked this, please create a GPO for the world to stop filming in vertical mode.

 

Possibly NSFW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9zSfinwFA