At this point, we're bracing for the inevitable Comic Serif. The misappropriation of Comic Sans is truly epidemic. Proving, yet again, that anything which came from Microsoft Bob cannot be good. The inspiration came at the shock of seeing Times New Roman used in an inappropriate way. There was no intention to include the font in other applications other than those designed for children when I designed Comic Sans. It was a comic software package that had a dog called Rover at the beginning and he had a balloon with messages using Times New Roman.Ĭomic 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. Vincent does his best to defend the font on his website: Comic Sans was designed because when I was working at Microsoft I received a beta version of Microsoft Bob. There's also a rather amusing history of comic sans presentation which I recommend- now we know to blame Vincent Connare for this font. It is analogous to showing up for a black tie event in a clown costume. Clearly, Comic Sans as a voice conveys silliness, childish naivete, irreverence, and is far too casual for such a purpose. Though this is sort of misuse is frequent, it is unjustified. Typesetting such a message in Comic Sans would be ludicrous. Thus when designing a 'Do Not Enter' sign the use of a heavy-stroked, attention-commanding font such as Impact or Arial Black is appropriate. Often this voice speaks louder than the text itself. The design of the typeface is, in itself, its voice. Like the tone of a spoken voice, the characteristics of a typeface convey meaning. But still for learning purpose, this chapter will explain font and basefont tags in detail. So they should not be used rather, it's suggested to use CSS styles to manipulate your fonts. We may be weird, but we're not alone: there's a Ban Comic Sans website. Note The font and basefont tags are deprecated and it is supposed to be removed in a future version of HTML. Enough so that it has become a running joke whenever we see it. Over the last 5 years, my wife and I noticed that this annoying font is inordinately popular 'in the wild' - we've seen it in the strangest places. You may be familiar with the font Comic Sans MS:

Comic sans in html