Comic Sans: The Biography of a Typeface

A compact and charming history of the font we love to hate by the New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type.



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. In this delightful history, bestselling aut...