the jerk behind comic sans

January 22nd, 2006

Visit this page to find out why the hell anybody ever thought Comic Sans, the typeface behind the inkjet printouts of a million aesthetically-challenged administrative assistants, was ever a good idea. I don’t want to ruin the big reveal for you, but: it has something to do with Microsoft Bob. As a side note, the Wikipedia claims that MS Bob was managed by by Bill Gates’ then-girlfriend Melinda. Thankfully, she’s into charity work now.

Quite seriously: I have always considered writing a virus/trojan that only did one thing: deleted Comic Sans from a user’s computer and moved on. I don’t even think it would be that hard, because I suspect the virus would be able to spread voluntarily.

~jeff



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  • C.J. Hays

    I must be entering my second childhood at 61, as I have liked “Comic Sans” for several years and for the same number of years have intensely disliked “Times New Roman.” Type fonts must be like religious denominations: it takes a lot to approach satisfying the personalities of millions of people.