{"id":227,"date":"2013-03-26T15:17:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T20:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=227"},"modified":"2020-07-20T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T17:33:13","slug":"on-the-origin-of-comic-sans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/03\/26\/on-the-origin-of-comic-sans\/","title":{"rendered":"On the origin of Comic Sans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/origin-of-comic-sans.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"3941\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/origin-of-comic-sans\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/origin-of-comic-sans.png?fit=1000%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"On the origins of Comic Sans, cc-by lemasney\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;On the origins of Comic Sans, cc-by lemasney&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;On the origins of Comic Sans, cc-by lemasney&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/origin-of-comic-sans.png?fit=1000%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/origin-of-comic-sans.png?resize=1000%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"On the origins of Comic Sans, cc-by lemasney\" class=\"wp-image-3941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/origin-of-comic-sans.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/origin-of-comic-sans.png?resize=500%2C400&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>On the origins of Comic Sans, cc-by lemasney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I woke up one day recently with this idea in my head for an illustration of the origins of Comic Sans, Microsoft&#8217;s often inappropriately misused, popularly hated, comic font. Free to reuse as you wish with attribution. (Origin of Comic Sans by John LeMasney via lemasney.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8216;Comic Sans MS is a sans-serif casual script typeface designed by Vincent Connare and released in 1994 by Microsoft Corporation. It is a non-connecting script inspired by comic book lettering, intended for use in informal documents and children&#8217;s materials.[1] The typeface has been supplied with Microsoft Windows since the introduction of Windows 95, initially as a supplemental font in the Windows Plus Pack and later in Microsoft Comic Chat. Describing it, Microsoft has explained that &#8220;this casual but legible face has proved very popular with a wide variety of people.&#8221;[2] The typeface&#8217;s widespread use, often in situations for which it was not intended, has been the subject of criticism and mockery.[3]&#8217; <\/p><cite>from &#8220;Comic Sans &#8211; Wikipedia&#8221; at https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comic_Sans curated by lemasney creative. Feel free to share.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the origins of Comic Sans, cc-by lemasney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,18],"tags":[76,3870],"class_list":{"0":"post-227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brand","8":"category-cv","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-john-lemasney","11":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/origin-of-comic-sans.png?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-3F","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1060,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/06\/19\/180-of-365-is-a-dagwood-style-sandwich-in-inkscape-food\/","url_meta":{"origin":227,"position":0},"title":"A dagwood style sandwich by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #food #illustration","author":"lemsy","date":"2010-06-19","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't remember much about the Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead comedies from the black and white movie era, and I remember even less from the comic strip. 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