He goes on to defend Comic Sans by pointing out that in 2002, Apple created the font Chalkboard, supposedly trying to leech off the РІР‚СљpopularityРІР‚Сњ of Comic Sans. That, of course, shows real confidence in your product. There was no intention to include the font in other applications other than those designed for children when I designed Comic Sans.РІР‚Сњ So the creator didnРІР‚в„ўt even want the typeface to be used outside of childrens programs. On his website, he says that РІР‚Сљ Comic Sans was not designed as a typeface but as a solution to a problem with the often overlooked part of a computer programРІР‚в„ўs interface, the typeface used to communicate the message. But as a Generation Y citizen, I am now hardwired to find out why I should never use Comic Sans, because no one ever actually told me.Р”В¬omic Sans was created in 1994 for Microsoft by Vincent Connaire. And being the impressionable young whipper-snapper I was, I took those words for gospel. Ever.Р”Р‡rom day one of my design schooling, I have known that I should, never, ever use Comic Sans for anything, ever. ItРІР‚в„ўs even easier to come up with opinions on which ones are so bad, they donРІР‚в„ўt deserve to be used. After looking at so many great examples of type on a daily basis, itРІР‚в„ўs pretty easy to come up with opinions on which ones are better than which other ones.

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