Comic Sans : The Biography of a Typeface
Comic Sans : The Biography of a Typeface
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Author(s): Garfield, Simon
ISBN No.: 9781324086246
Pages: 128
Year: 202410
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 33.22
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (Forthcoming)

Since its accidental creation at Microsoft in the mid-1990s, Comic Sans has become one of the most used and talked-about typefaces of the digital age. The subject of April Fools' pranks and endless internet discourse, Comic Sans has spawned a movement to ban it, inspired revivals and spinoffs, and continues to be promoted widely by educators. In this delightful history, best-selling author Simon Garfield tells the story of how Comic Sans emerged from speech bubbles on educational software to become one of the most recognized--and reviled--typefaces on Earth. He considers how the computer transformed type into something that anyone could use and have an opinion on, explores how new fonts emerge with changing times and technology, and meets die-hard Comic Sans adherents and haters. He concludes the book by asking the unimaginable: Could Comic Sans now be the coolest typeface ever made?.


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