Comic Sans MS generic font name??

[Deanna475]

Hi all. I'm looking for a definitive answer as to whether Comic Sans MS' generic font name is cursive, fantasy, sans-serif ..... I've been all over the web and, depending on whose site you visit, it's a toss up!! Does anyone know for sure?

Please and thanks.

[meerkat]

Deanna…

I'm pretty sure it's 'Fantasy' as that what the default setting is in IE. The font is awful anyway…

meerkat

[Eddyd84]

In IE comic sans is fantasy. In Mozilla and Netscape Comic sans is cursive. Fantasy in Mozilla is a script font.
I agree with meerkat the font is awful. Use tahoma or verdana ;)
Peace,
Ed :)

[Deanna475]

Hi and thanks for your input, meerkat and Ed. And don't worry, I'm not planning on using Comic Sans for my own pages. Someone else asked me and I was pretty sure it was cursive (as in a handwriting font, no?). Then I started second-guessing myself and went to look it up on the web. Then I got all confused with 3 different answers. Now I know why!! Thanks for the clarification.