It's easy to see where the hate comes from...who hasn't received a message from someone deemed "important" only to see either part of the message itself in this font or a signature completely inundated with it. I just don't see the point in launching a movement against it.

Calm down and take things on a case by case basis. Someone sends you an email in an annoying font? Tell them! Let them know that it's a font made for children to use and it does not lighten the mood of any email they send. I will concede the point about using the font for signage and how it is in general overused, but spare the drama.

Surely we have more to do with our time than attack a font!

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If you have young kids and you would like them to begin working with computers, this will interest you. Qimo is based on Ubuntu Linux and is made specifically for children aged 3+. According to the site there are very few menus to use and the OS is designed to be very intuitive to youngsters.

I'll be attempting to install this on a laptop well below the recommended specs for my daughter. I'll post an update in the next few days to let everyone know of my success or failure.

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