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Comic sans

March 2017

  • Comic Sans

    How we made
    How we made the typeface Comic Sans

    ‘The level of hatred was amazing and quite funny. I couldn’t believe people could get so worked up about a font’

September 2014

  • Comic sans on the Sydney Morning Herald's front page

    If Comic Sans ruled the web

  • Comic Sans Sydney Morning Herald cover

    Comic Sans on front page of newspaper sparks typeface-shaming Twitter frenzy

May 2014

  • Heroine 1978 by Suzi Varty

    She Said
    Kerpow! How women used the boy's own world of comic books to further the cause

    Bring in more women and the market can move out of the niche, says Anna McKie after visiting the British Library's latest exhibition

April 2014

  • Digital Illustration - Comic Sans

    Guardian Comment Network
    Comic Sans has a Neue look. Who will dare to try it out?

    Robert Honnell and Derek G Ross for The Conversation, part of the Guardian Comment network

    Robert Honnell and Derek G Ross for The Conversation: Comic typefaces have been loved, loathed and held up for ridicule. This new offering will have to fight to be taken seriously

July 2013

  • Peter Bradshaw

    Film blog
    Batman v Superman: who would be the best superhero?

    Peter Bradshaw

    Zack Snyder's announcement of the Man of Steel sequel could well provoke an almost theological controversy

July 2012

  • Cern presentation paper on the search for the Higgs boson

    Higgs boson and Comic Sans: the perfect fusion

    There is outrage on Twitter over Cern's use of Comic Sans on presentation slides. But if ever there was an announcement that needed to be made in an easy-to-read font, it's this one

October 2010

  • Dan Hancox

    Comic Sans not your type? Lighten up

    Dan Hancox

    Dan Hancox: What does it say about our times, when the revolution brewing isn't against the Iraq war or bankers but a jaunty font?

June 2010

  • Guardian front in Comic Sans

    In defence of the Comic Sans font

    Most designers hate it – one is even campaigning to have it banned. But writer Patrick Kingsley has always had a soft spot for the font's rounded edges and handwritten aesthetic

May 2009

  • Internet review: Ban Comic Sans

    With its origins in the pages of comic books Comic Sans has become the Japanese Knotweed of the font world, writes Johnny Dee

April 2009

  • In praise of ...
    In praise of ... Comic Sans

    Editorial: Look closely, for this is a typeface under attack

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