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Comic Sans: The Biography of a Typeface

• Curated • ISBN 9781324086246

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Comic Sans: The Biography of a Typeface

• Curated • ISBN-13 9781324086246

ISBN-10 1731095376 • 2024

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ISBN 9781324086246 • Completeness 51

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By Simon Garfield Since its improvised creation at Microsoft in the mid-1990s, Comic Sans has become one of the most used and talked-about typefaces of the digital age. The subject of April Fools pranks and endless internet discourse, it has spawned a movement to ban it, inspired revivals and spinoffs, and continues to be widely promoted by educators.

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Publisher: Curated

2024

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Contributor: Simon Garfield Since its improvised creation at Microsoft in the mid-1990sContributor: Comic Sans has become one of the most used anDesigner: Derek Thornton Published by W

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Category: Graphic Design HistoryCategory: PublicationCategory: Type DesignCategory: Typography

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