> Do people... actually use this font in their terminal?

seems so. recently discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25520510 https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/

http://www.comicneue.com/

see, the kerning is fine on that though. its not my taste, but it works. This article looks like either something is just wrong with the font, or letterspace needs to be adjusted in the terminal's config.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was coerced by the marketing department, trying to imbue that "ooh, look at me, I'm a bit crazy, so creative" vibe for a bloody shopping list.

I have no comments about this particular font. But if your marketing department has any say in your terminal fonts, you should quit this creepy place as soon as possible!

That would be almost as unlikely as someone using that horrid colorscheme, but they might have a say about the blog layout and content.

I know comic sans is often used by dyslexic people, as they can read it more easily, so I'd expect it's something similar.