18 November 2007

Potus Typographicus (podcast). Steven Heller presents the typography of the Bush administration as part of the Paul Rand Lecture Series.

Why Comic Sans? Vincent Connare, designer of what is probably the world’s most misused font — Comic Sans — offers insight into its origin:

Comic Sans was NOT designed as a typeface but as a solution to a problem with the often overlooked part of a computer program’s interface, the typeface used to communicate the message.

There was no intention to include the font in other applications other than those designed for children when I designed Comic Sans. The inspiration came at the shock of seeing Times New Roman used in an inappropriate way.