In 1995 Microsoft released the font [b]Comic Sans[b],
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.
While we recognize the font may be appropriate
in a few specific instances, our position is that
the only effective means of ending this epidemic of abuse
is to completely ban Comic Sans.
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.
While we recognize the font may be appropriate in a few specific instances, our position is that the only effective means of ending this epidemic of abuse is to completely ban Comic Sans.