---
title: Why Comic Sans?
linkurl: http://www.connare.com/whycomic.htm

date: 2012-05-21 21:18:17+00:00

tags:
  - design
  - typography
---

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)