September 24, 2003
At last, a cause I can believe in
Whilst I don't quite share Jonathan's absolute passion for typography, I do try to take care to choose my fonts carefully and consequently I wholeheartedly agree with this campaign.
Thought iMark at September 24, 2003 11:59 PM | TrackBackComments
It's worth reading the blurb by the originator of the font - if memory serves, Comic Sans was designed for speech bubble dialogue boxes in Microsoft Bob (remember that? No? Precisely). It somehow escaped, and now weaves its curse on us all. My current employer specifies it as the preferred font for all Children's Department documentation. I flat-out refuse.
The page also, incidentally, has a lovely example of a targetted Google-powered sponsored link: 'Buy Gill Sans from Linotype.' Sounds like a good plan to me.
Posted by: Jonathan Sanderson at September 25, 2003 10:19 AMPost a comment