![]() The Comic Sans font did not begin life to be hated and laughed at. Or maybe the last Pope was a barrel of fun and the people who worked for him wanted to reflect that fact. Perhaps the font is so common no one notices the clash between fun font and serious message. Tributes and resignation letters are serious and thoughtful. It was designed for cartoon speech balloons. Comic Sans is a friendly light-hearted font. Which is what makes the Vatican tribute to the last pope’s so interesting. While this is an extreme example, we encounter fonts every day, online and offline, and we make decisions based on how we respond to these fonts. Which sushi stand would you trust as authentic? Probably the stand with the Japanese-looking font. The other sushi stand has its sign in a font with letters shaped and curved like Japanese brush strokes. One stand has its sign in tall thick block letters of a cowboy Western font. Imagine you have two stands selling sushi. However, most people make judgments based on the choice of font. While the recognizable shapes of a font become obvious when you look at a specimen like this, when you read online or in print, most people don’t see any real difference between one font and another. You might think the lower case letter a or a question mark can only appear in one form. Only a few people notice the differences between a letterform in one font and another. ![]() The shapes of a letter or number are called letterforms. What’s a font, you might ask? It’s the mostly unique shapes of letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols gathered into a single collection. The history of Comic Sans, however, is a great way to be introduced to typography and fonts. For a much-used font, however, it is widely hated and ridiculed. The Vatican even used Comic Sans in a serious document paying tribute to the last Pope. The history of the font and the reasons people hate Comic Sans are great ways to learn about typography.Ĭomic Sans is one of the most frequently used fonts in the world.
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