Just a quick question about fonts for a conference poster... One of my supervisors has suggested Comic Sans, but I'm not so sure, I worry it looks a bit too 'wishy-washy'. Any thoughs or suggestions?

calibri? Tahoma?

I'd say comic sans is a bit too 'I'm a quirky researcher, look I'm so whacky", or "I didn't realise how important this conference was"

I agree. I had it in Calibri originally, might change it back! :-)

NEVER use Comic Sans (unless you are working at a infant/junior school). What is on the poster? Are you looking for a font for a main tag-line or is there a block of text/info?

It's a number of text boxes and two images. I have changed it all back to Calibri now, looks much better in my opinion. :-)

Century Gothic is always my favourite

I'm in shock that a supervisor suggested using Comic Sans!!

I 'm not sure about comic sans. It would definitely stand out, but agree on the wishy-washy-ness of it.
I'm a big fan of calibri but it does seem to be used a lot.

Book Antiqua tends to be my font of choice.

I agree with JenJen re. your sup suggesting Comic Sans. How bizarre - have they not seen this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11582548 ?

I've gone with Calibri in the end. :-) Looked fine - though my poster was smaller than all the others (A1). Some of the posters didn't even fit properly on the boards!

I've just come across a whole thesis in Comic Sans. :-)

I think Universities should have the right to fire anyone who suggests, let alone uses, Comic Sans as a suitable font :-s