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In sketching (or mockup) tools such as Balsamiq and WireframeSketcher Comic Sans is used to give that "sketchy", hand drawn look. My only problem is, I'm so tired of that font.

Any suggestions for alternatives?

Edit: WireframeSketcher does not default to the Comic Sans font, but it's the one used to show an example of a "sketchy" look.

Ola Eldøy
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    Not ... programming ... related. Unless you're asking how to render an existing font in a handwritten way... – strager May 19 '09 at 05:09
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    Surely, the use of wireframe tools must be programming related? – Ola Eldøy May 19 '09 at 05:12
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    +1 for Comic Sans hate. Also, wireframing and mockups are programming related IMO – Jeff Atwood May 19 '09 at 05:59
  • The reference is tenuous at best though - he could just as easily said "In web comics such as xkcd Comic Sans is used [etc etc]". He's asking for font suggestions, nothing more. – Erik Forbes May 19 '09 at 06:34
  • Then again, any reference to xkcd gets upvoted by default, so maybe he would have had a better response with that. =P – Erik Forbes May 19 '09 at 06:36
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    Just to be precise. WireframeSketcher does not default to Comic Sans font. But it's true that I show examples that do use it. – Peter Severin May 19 '09 at 06:40
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    I think this is programming related. If design and the presentation of designs to non-technical stakeholders does not count as programming related then what else should be rejected? There's an open question about alternatives to Visio. Should that be rejected because I can use Visio to draw the floor-plan of my living room? – Nat May 19 '09 at 08:21
  • I mostly use Purisa: http://www.miriamruiz.es/debfonts/fnt-1754ebd3bc2e1eaf5b833389bd7b72de.html – Andrej May 19 '09 at 09:26
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    Boo. The "Close Police" strike again. It *IS* most definitely programming related. – Chris Craft May 20 '09 at 03:26

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Google for "technical font". I like this one.

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Check out Casual, Bradley Hand ITC TT, Handwriting-Dakota, Marker Felt and Mistral, they all come loaded on Mac OS X 10.5.

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If your printing is decent, you can have a font of your own made at www.yourfonts.com

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SitePoint recently had an article with some good alternatives to Comic Sans. Good, in the case that you want to actually make comics. They probably won't do so well as just placeholder text.

Here's a couple of examples

There are download links within the article.

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