Often I am viewing webpages in Safari 5 containing Comic Sans. We all know how gross and terrible Comic Sans is, so is there a way to make Safari no longer display Comic Sans?
There absolutely is, but first let me give you props for the (intentional? inadvertent? doesn’t matter!) humor in your question. At Mac|Life HQ, Comic Sans is somewhat controversial, with the “haters” hating it like poison but a couple other staffers not seeing what the brouhaha is over. (Note to those staffers: I promise I didn’t write this question myself!)
Okay, now to your answer: Head to extensions.apple.com/#other and you should see one called Comic Sans Be Gone, by Phillip Hutchings. It’s your dream come true. Install that bad boy, and any Comic Sans you encounter will be automatically replaced by Helvetica, a favorite choice of font snobs everywhere. It’s even got a preference you can tweak to obliterate instances of Arial too.
What’s so funny about peace, love, and never wanting to see Comic Sans again? (Above, before this extension was installed; below, after.)
To go one step further, that same page (extensions.apple.com/#other) has an extension called HelveticaTheWorld, by SonsterMedia. That’ll make everything Helvetica. Enjoy.
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