[senco-forum] using comic sans

Help!

Today I sent an email to my colleagues suggesting they may like to try comic
sans or Arial for worksheets (almost everyone except the Librarian) uses
Times New Roman 12.

I have received an rather pointed response from a colleague asking me to let
him review the research literature on fonts and why Comic sans is preferred
so:

Can anyone point me in the direction of research papers which show Comic
Sans being the preferred font for worksheets etc?

( And I thought I phrased the email tactfully as a suggestion - obviously
not!)

Thanks for any learned references....
Lindsay

-----Original Message-----
From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk]On Behalf Of Alex
Hammerstein
Sent: 05 November 2007 19:28
To: 'Amanda'; 'senco-forum'
Subject: RE: [senco-forum] using comic sans

Not sure specifically about Comic Sans, but definitely you will get a better
response with a reader friendly font.  We have switched the font in our
distance learning material, and have received a lot of positive comments
about how much better they looked, and our stats showed that since we
changed the students are completing the work in a slightly shorter time.

A

-----Original Message-----
From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Amanda
Sent: 05 November 2007 19:10
To: senco-forum
Subject: [senco-forum] using comic sans

Hello
  I have a vague memory of someone telling me that a school got many more
replies to letters if they used Comic Sans as the font.  Can anyone help me
with this please.

  Amanda
  Secondary SENCO
  Cornwall