[Editor’s Note: This article is originally from New Year’s Eve 2009. Add a penny and the rest still applies for New Year’s Day 2011.] It’s easy to complain about the soul-eroding tyranny of ...

Tough but charming, HVD Comic Serif makes Comic Sans look like a wimpy Silver Age bad guy. It’s well-designed, and will work in any context for which it’s appropriate. “So many designers hate Comic ...

Over the years, Comic Sans has become the font everyone loves to hate. If being the subject of memes and online ridicule by typeface purists wasn’t enough, the font also sparked a “Ban Comic Sans” ...

I’m a rare breed: I make fonts. Yes, people make fonts — for brands, for readers, for the young and old, and across global languages. So, it was with a mix of discomfort and delight that I read Pilita ...

In 2024, the font "Comic Sans MS" (usually just called Comic Sans) celebrated its 30th birthday. What Microsoft calls a "groovy font" has attracted numerous opponents to this day: they created ...