When Vincent Connare designed Comic Sans for Microsoft, he couldn’t have known how controversial his font would become. Initially a favorite when it was released in 1994, it has since become a subject ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Microsoft Corporation Comic Sans is perhaps one of the most divisive fonts around, either ...
Call me mad if you will, but I think Comic Sans gets a bad rap. And I’m not the only one. While the mere sight of the font is enough to make some type purists scream, rip out their eyes, then bite off ...
It’s not often that font news goes mainstream. And yet a self-described “font philanthropist” named Craig Rozynski recently managed to make headlines with his latest invention, becoming the most ...
It may seem cheery, but it's inspiring quite a bit of hate. Earlier this year, Time magazine called Comic Sans — the ubiquitous typeface modeled on comic-book lettering — "perhaps the worst font of ...
It’s one of the most mocked fonts on the Internet, the target of numerous campaigns and websites that believe its “comical” design has no place in civilized society. Now, Comic Sans has gone analog ...
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Comic Sans has become the font of all jokes and memes. Loved by some, reviled by many. Unsurprisingly, its creator is its biggest fan. Speaking at WIRED's annual two-day conference, Vincent Connare ...