Comic Sans

The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)

Simon Garfield

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English

Weidenfeld & Nicolson
06 February 2024

Art & Architecture; History of Art & Design Styles; Graphic design; Typography & lettering

Series: The ABC of Fonts

Comic Sans is one of the most used and most reviled typefaces of the digital age. How was it made? How could it spawn a movement to ban it and yet still be so widely promoted by educators? What does its accidental creator make of its contentious and singular history?

This quirky and unique book considers how the computer transformed type into something that anyone could use and have an opinion on. It examines how a typeface, correctly used, may sell us almost anything, and how new types with names such as Crash Soul, Lovely Scream Queens and Ampersandist (to name but three recent examples of the hundreds issued each year) each attempt to keep the alphabet exciting and new. And it concludes with an alluring question: could Comic Sans now be the coolest typeface ever made?

By: Simon Garfield
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 220g
ISBN: 9781399609302
ISBN 10: 1399609300
Series: The ABC of Fonts
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 06 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Simon Garfield is the author of the international bestsellers Just My Type, On the Map and Mauve, while To the Letter was one of the inspirations for the theatre shows Letters Live with Benedict Cumberbatch. His study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham prize.