I often use Comic Sans font for various purpose. I like the informality of it
and it is fairly stylized- hand rendered. It is similar to my own hand writing,
thus I feel comfortable reading and writing with it. This font is a little more
modern than serif font, and I think it is great to use for tables and charts
compared to the serif fonts. I also think that this font allow eye to follow the
text easier than fonts such as Times New Roman.
Where do I use it?
I use this font for making tables, charts, informal documents, comics and posters.
About this font
Comic Sans is a casual script typeface designed by Vincent Connare and released
in 1994 by the Microsoft Corporation. It is classified as a casual, non-connecting script,
and was designed to imitate comic book lettering, for use in informal documents. The
typeface has been supplied with Microsoft Windows since the introduction of Windows 95, initially as a supplemental font in the Windows Plus Pack. The font's widespread use,
often in situations for which it was not intended, has been criticized.
Comic Sans is frequently used in both comic books and webcomics as a substitute for hand-lettering, although comic artists usually prefer to use custom-designed computer
fonts instead. The Comic Sans font has been used on several products, including the
tags on Beanie Babies (since the late 1990s) and the 2004 Canada Day 25-cent collector coin.[6] It is also used in The Sims video game series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans
Research questions
Can I produce a font that is easy on eye?
Can I produce a font with humour?
Can I produce a font for teenagers?
Who will be the target for the usage of this font?
Hi Jenny - I was very amused about your choice of comic sans, it is so often made fun of by 'serious' typographers and graphic designers. Lets see what you can do to really create a font that has humour and makes us laugh along with it - see if your experiments can start exploring this...
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