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title: Why Comic Sans?
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author: Matthias Kretschmann

date: 2012-05-21 21:18:17+00:00
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The creator of Comic Sans, Vincent Connare, [revealing the irony of it](http://www.connare.com/whycomic.htm):

> 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.

> There was no intention to include the font in other applications other than those designed for children when I designed Comic Sans. The inspiration came at the shock of seeing Times New Roman used in an inappropriate way.

He also has this presentation dubbed [I hate Comic Sans (pdf)](http://www.connare.com/ihatecomic.pdf)
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			`title: Why Comic Sans?`
			`linkurl: http://www.connare.com/whycomic.htm`
start with content edits 2013-11-18 23:54:59 +01:00			`author: Matthias Kretschmann`
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			`categories:`
			`- design`
			`post_format:`
			`- Link`
			`tags:`
			`- typography`
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			`The creator of Comic Sans, Vincent Connare, [revealing the irony of it](http://www.connare.com/whycomic.htm):`

all posts back to 2011 done 2013-11-19 23:21:19 +01:00			`> 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.`
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all posts back to 2011 done 2013-11-19 23:21:19 +01:00			`> There was no intention to include the font in other applications other than those designed for children when I designed Comic Sans. The inspiration came at the shock of seeing Times New Roman used in an inappropriate way.`
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			`He also has this presentation dubbed [I hate Comic Sans (pdf)](http://www.connare.com/ihatecomic.pdf)`