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



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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)