To this day Comic Sans is one of the small handful of “web-safe” fonts for use online along with Times New Roman and Arial a brotherhood of only thirteen typefaces. The springboard that launched the font’s corporate overuse was when it became a default font for Microsoft Publisher, Internet Explorer, and thusly bundled with all Microsoft operating system versions thereafter. The intent of the font was for use at a relatively small size in comic-style settings like Microsoft Comic Chat.
When was the last time you saw Comic Sans used as a logo, on signage, menus, billboards, movies, etc.? Sure they exist, but are in the shadow of the amount of overuse its terrible counterpart gets.īasically what I’m saying is that Papyrus is worse than Comic Sans because graphic designers should know better.Ĭomic Sans was created in 1994 by Microsoft employee Vincent Connare inspired by a project called Microsoft Bob. To find a font worthy of criticism would require it to appear in places that only a graphic designer could manage. Judging their font-choice would be the same as them judging a designers office administration skills. Graphic designers will mount their high horses faster than Zorro when they see Comic Sans used on flyers around their offices by secretaries who are trying to add a little casual flair to everyones’ otherwise white-collar, white-hallway, daily routines.
While I’m not going to sit here and defend the use of Comic Sans, I will argue that it got a bad reputation because of misuse. Ask “why?” and I’d bet most responses would float around the theme “because it’s bad”. Ask a designer what the worst font in the world is and you’ll probably get an earful of “Comic Sans”.
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