typeface inspired by comic books has become a font of ill will presented by: brian anthony
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Typeface Inspired by Comic Books Has Become a Font of Ill Will
Presented by: Brian Anthony
Vincent Connare
•Creator of Comic Sans Font
•Comic Sans is inspired by a cartoon dog
•It is shipped today with Microsoft Windows
Background on Ban Comic Sans •Designed to look like comic book lettering•Typefaces convey meaning•Black tie event in a clown costume says
Ban Comic Sans•Mr. Connare rarely uses it himself•Disapproving stickers to be slapped on
inappropriate uses of the font wherever they are found
Ban Comic Sans• Ban Comic Sans was brought about in the fall
of 1999:▫Holly Sliger (Co-Founder)▫“It was like hell for me”▫ In the midst of the project, she met her
husband, Dave Combs (Co-Founder)• While studying for a master’s degree, Mr.
Connare received a call from Mr. Combs• The Combs’ went global• In February 2004, Mr. Connare asked the
Combs’ to stop using his picture
Outcome
•Mr. Connare speaks at Internet conferences about Comic Sans, written in Comic Sans font
•“I Love/I hate Comic Sans” picture book
•Dalton Magg, typography studio in London
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