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cm0002 infosec.pub cm0002@infosec.pub
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gastroglizzy piefed.social gastroglizzy@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-08-26
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Convention. "Back in my day," memes were made mostly in MS Paint or MS Word. With MS Word, impact was the default font for an out-of-box variety of Word Art. Since it worked well for the task and was easily accessible, it became a common choice, then a ubiquitous component of the "meme" format.

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Onomatopoeia lemmy.cafe Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2025-01-02
#3 · Quote Reply

Battery, all day these days baby!

The improvement in battery tech became a game changer for impact tools about 15 years ago. Crazy.

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π•Ύπ–•π–Žπ–ˆπ–ž π•Ώπ–šπ–“π–† lemmy.world spicytuna62@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#4 · Quote Reply

It's so the joke hits.

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Kowowow lemmy.ca Kowowow@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-14
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Convention. "Back in my day," memes were made mostly in MS Paint or MS Word. With MS Word, impact was the default font for an out-of-box variety of Word Art. Since it worked well for the task and was easily accessible, it became a common choice, then a ubiquitous component of the "meme" format.

I feel a little self conscious what font to use for modern memes, impact is easy in so many ways

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sad_detective_man sopuli.xyz sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-11-24
#6 · Quote Reply

I've been trying to sneak in other fonts to any oc I make. I'm definitely tired of the binary ALL CAPS or twitter screenshot

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-02-06
#7 · Quote Reply

Would you prefer Comic Sans?

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Drekaridill lemmy.wtf Drekaridill@lemmy.wtf
Joined: 2025-11-03
#8 · Quote Reply

It's more impactful

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essell lemmy.world essell@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-28
#9 · Quote Reply

Would you prefer Comic Sans?

Yes

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agamemnonymous sh.itjust.works agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-15
#10 · Quote Reply

https://youtu.be/PzySkYQNDlI

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-02-06
#11 · Quote Reply

Yes

Some men just want to watch the world burn.

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MousePotatoDoesStuff piefed.social MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-04-22
#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

because it's the default Imgflip font?

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MousePotatoDoesStuff piefed.social MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-04-22
#13 · Quote Reply

Would you prefer Comic Sans?

* yes.

* it would make them more...

* humerus.

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-02-06
#14 · Quote Reply

* yes. * it would make them more... * humerus.

Well, the people have spoken. Get on it Lemmy!

To be honest, I've never understood the hatred for Comic Sans. It's not especially 'professional', but not everything has to be.

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