Comic Sans and Dyslexia
12 hours ago The world of typography and graphic design loves to hate Comic Sans. Initially developed for Microsoft in 1994 by Vincent Connare, the kitschy nature of the font that has made it so notorious was actually intentional. As illustration digitized along with plain text, there was a hole to be filled when it came to system fonts to accompany different art styles. Visually, a doodle character simply couldn’t be accompanied by a speech bubble filled with exclamations in Times New Roman. Enter Comic Sans. Unsurprisingly adapted from the typical print found in comic books, with particul...
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