So this is the guy responsible…

Let’s face it, there are tons of really, really great uses for the typeface Comic Sans. OK, make that two. Snackers convenience stores, and The Simpsons.  Everyone else: RESIST the urge to emulate every secretary with a PC and an itch to be creative and/or witty and just stay away!

Today I discovered a really interesting article by Emily Steel from the Wall Street Journal about the typographer who created Comic Sans. “Vincent Connare designed the ubiquitous, bubbly Comic Sans typeface, but he sympathizes with the world-wide movement to ban it.”

Thankfully, the guy has a sense of humor. Check out the article in the Wall Street Journal. And please - I beg you - don’t use it. Just don’t. While you’re at it, you may want to steer clear of Copperplate Gothic and Papyrus, too. You run the very serious risk of finding yourself wearing flannel, sportin’ a mullet, or rockin’ some Oakley frogskins with a walkman in tow. It’s just not worth it.