Comic Sans: The Biography of a Typeface

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. In this delightful history, best-selling author Simon Garfield tells the story of how Comic Sans emerged from speech...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324086246
• ISBN13: 9781324086246
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.7" x 7.6"