A few years back, a pair of researchers set out to study the emotional effects of different typefaces. They found that one in particular possessed an unrivaled ability to rile people up: Wrapped up in ...

Oh honestly, people. What is your problem with Comic Sans? Excuse my lack of design sophistication, but I actually (and actively) like that faux comic book font designed by Vincent Connare for ...

Like the tuxedo T-shirt and the Yoda backpack, some objects are too perfect not to exist. Such is the Comic Sans typewriter. The device, announced last week by Pittsburgh-based artist Jesse England, ...

Call me mad if you will, but I think Comic Sans gets a bad rap. And I’m not the only one. While the mere sight of the font is enough to make some type purists scream, rip out their eyes, then bite off ...

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Comic Sans® typeface, one of Microsoft’s most popular designs, has received a makeover courtesy of Monotype Imaging. Today the company has introduced the four-font ...

Thanks to a Google April Fools’ Day prank, the font Comic Sans is one of the day’s most popular search term. Unlike the more staid Helvetica, which found itself roped into the prank, Comic Sans is ...

Comic Sans has become the font of all jokes and memes. Loved by some, reviled by many. Unsurprisingly, its creator is its biggest fan. Speaking at WIRED's annual two-day conference, Vincent Connare ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. "The squashed, wonky, and weird glyphs of Comic Sans have been beaten into shape." But today, graphic designer ...

It’s not often that font news goes mainstream. And yet a self-described “font philanthropist” named Craig Rozynski recently managed to make headlines with his latest invention, becoming the most ...

It may seem cheery, but it's inspiring quite a bit of hate. Earlier this year, Time magazine called Comic Sans — the ubiquitous typeface modeled on comic-book lettering — "perhaps the worst font of ...

Call me mad if you will, but I think Comic Sans gets a bad rap. And I’m not the only one. While the mere sight of the font is enough to make some type purists scream, rip out their eyes, then bite off ...