There are people out there who want the Comic Sans font to die a quick death. Never has a mere font created such disgust or a reputation for plain ickiness.
At the Ban Comic Sans website, hate for this unassuming little font is gaining momentum. Comic Sans began its fateful life in 1995 when Microsoft released the font for use in comic-style speech bubbles – for instruction manuals and the like.
We’ve seen it on school newsletters, church billboards and our children’s science projects. But when it rears its unattractive, inappropriate head in business and other arenas where you’d expect a dash of professionalism – anti-comic-sans campaigners are there.
The website calls on “…..the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance. We believe in the gospel message “ban comic sans.” It shall be salvation to all who are literate. By banding together to eradicate this font from the face of the earth we strive to ensure that future generations will be liberated from this epidemic and never suffer this scourge that is the plague of our time.”
The owners of Ban Comic Sans, Indianapolis couple Dave and Holly Comb, encourage you to send in photographs of gloriously inappropriate Comic Sans use.
So beware, if you use this font on your business cards, shopfront promotions or website – the anti Comic Sans campaigners are coming for you!
(Of course, if you happen to be fond of this cutesy little font, you could always start your own save Comic Sans campaign!)
