The Origins of Comic Sans
The web's most hated font linked to Microsoft Bob.
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PrintKelson writes
"The Wall Street Journal profiles Vincent Connare, designer of the web's
most-hated font, Comic Sans. Not surprisingly, the font's origins go back to
Microsoft Bob, where he saw a talking dog speaking in Times New Roman. Connare
pulled out Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns for reference, and created the
comic book-style font over the next week. 'Mr. Connare has looked on,
alternately amused and mortified, as Comic Sans has spread from a software
project at Microsoft Corp. 15 years ago to grade-school fliers and holiday
newsletters, Disney ads and Beanie Baby tags, business emails, street signs,
Bibles, porn sites, gravestones and hospital posters about bowel cancer. ... The
jolly typeface has spawned the Ban Comic Sans movement, nearly a decade old but
stronger now than ever, thanks to the Web."
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