steve's blog: this is not a font

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

this is not a font

In 1995, Microsoft released the font Comic Sans, originally designed for comic book style talk bubbles containing informational help text. Since that time the typeface has been used in countless contexts from restaurant signage to college exams to medical information. These widespread abuses of printed type threaten to erode the very foundations upon which centuries of typographic history are built.

If you're as sick of this font as I am, click on the ban comic sans site and join like-minded individuals who want the abuse stopped.

Thanks to Anita for passing along the link.

2 comments:

AnonymousTuesday, August 16, 2005 8:54:00 AM
That is AWESOME! An entire organization of people who are as repulsed by Comic Sans as I am. This has quite possibly inspired me to compose an entire blog entry based on my hatred of Comic Sans. Sweet!

~Carrie =)
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LivemallsTuesday, August 16, 2005 3:32:00 PM
Figured you might get a kick out of that, Carrie. LOL

Now, if someone would do a site on overuse of Times New Roman (there ARE other fonts, folks) then my typestyle frustrations would be quelled :-)
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