Comic Sans has long been the “Macarena” of fonts. Type aficionados don’t like it, the way coffee connoisseurs don’t like Starbucks. It is the font everyone loves to hate.

Comic Sans is perhaps one of the most divisive fonts around, either hated or ironically adored by the masses. Since its humble beginnings, Comic Sans has evolved from a casual, accessible typeface ...

The story with Comic Sans is that Connare saw this early version of Microsoft Bob, which was a piece of software that worked like an on-ramp onto computers for people who were new to them.

But Comic Sans has just hit the big 3-0—and it’s ready for its second act. Don’t take it from us. Take it from various studies that have been done on the subject of “turning 30.” ...

Comic Sans: It’s the best font in your tool box if you’re committed to sappy, unsophisticated design, and want to prove to the world that your type library hasn’t been updated since 1995.

Comic Sans is what Ms. Shelton calls “a fun-times font,” manspreading across paper in strokes thicker than fair Cambria or no-nonsense Garamond. (Mr. Bierut said Helvetica, ...

In recent years, the backlash against Comic Sans appears to be declining. The “Ban Comic Sans” movement resulted in an opposing movement in 2019 called “Use Comic Sans.” It seems the font can now ...

Comic Sans was limited, sure, but lots of typefaces are designed to be used in only specific circumstances. Trajan might look great on a poster for a movie about a Roman centurion, ...

V incent Connare, the creator of Comic Sans, has something to say about his Frankenstein-like font: “If you love Comic Sans you don’t know much about typography.And if you hate Comic Sans you ...