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.
13 Comments
gastroglizzy@piefed.social · 45 pts · 20d
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.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 20d
I feel a little self conscious what font to use for modern memes, impact is easy in so many ways
spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 20d
It's so the joke hits.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 8 pts · 20d
Battery, all day these days baby!
The improvement in battery tech became a game changer for impact tools about 15 years ago. Crazy.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 20d
Would you prefer Comic Sans?
MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social · 2 pts · 15d
* yes.
* it would make them more...
* humerus.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 14d
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.
essell@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 20d
Yes
Almacca@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 20d
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Drekaridill@lemmy.wtf · 6 pts · 20d
It's more impactful
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 20d
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
MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social · 1 pts · 15d
because it's the default Imgflip font?
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 20d
https://youtu.be/PzySkYQNDlI