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06 Nov 2010 15:18

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Culture: USA Today used Comic Sans on its front page Friday. NOOOOO

  • NO. NO. NO. NO. No. No. No. This is wrong. No. USA Today needs to stop doing this. Not even Conan can make this usage desirable. (Thanks to Danny Unruh, @kstateunruh for the image)

18 Apr 2009 19:14

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Offbeat, Tech: The guy behind Comic Sans talks about his reviled creation

  • If you love it, you don’t know much about typography. If you hate it, you really don’t know much about typography, either, and you should get another hobby.
  • Vincent Connare • The guy who created Comic Sans in the early ’90s. Connare made it for a singular purpose in Microsoft Bob and now the font has become the bane of the man’s existence. He currently works as a typographer for Dalton Maag. • source