In defense of Comic Sans

Vincent Connare originally designed the typeface for Microsoft Bob.

Comic Sans was NOT designed as a typeface but as a solution to a problem with the often overlooked part of a computer program’s interface, the typeface used to communicate the message… The inspiration came at the shock of seeing Times New Roman used in an inappropriate way.

The man makes a good point. When seen in context with the original problem it was solving it works just fine. However, as anyone familiar with Oppenheimer can tell you, a well-meaning initiative will hardly protect your creation from future misuse.

Written by Mike Monteiro on November 28, 2007 |