Ban Comic Sans fonts
April 20, 2009
It’s uncommon to see fonts and typefaces in the headlines however the infamous font Comic Sans hit the Wall Street Journal today thanks to writer Emily Steel.
Comic Sans, love it or leave it, has almost as much popularity as the Times New Roman or Arial font sets. Well not really, but Comic Sans does get around. Created in 1994 by Vincent Connare at the Microsoft offices, Comic Sans has lived a great life however typographers, font and letterheads alike are against the font set and are trying to get it banned. Apparently, so called ‘professional’ designers and the occasional employee designated as the ‘official artist’ to design their upcoming office party have been misusing the Comic Sans font. The purpose for Comic Sans was to simply write text in comic speach bubbles, not to design official looking fliers, menus, formulate emails, book covers or CD’s.
So in short, when it’s time to design something cool or professional, use the right font. Please.
As a font designer, I was tempted to create a Greek font version from the Comic Sans version just for the heck of it, but it’s probably best to leave it alone. It’s probably copyrighted all the way up to it’s little font demise.
Interested in the movement against Comic Sans or actually like the font? Check out some of these links:
