just saw that microsoft open-sourced the original app responsible for putting comic sans on the map. it is pretty wild to think about how much this font has been
disgraced in professional design circles over the years. most people probably don't even realize there was a specific piece of software behind its rise to fame. i used to think it was just some random default, but seeing the actual history makes it feel more like a
design era instead of just a mistake.
it is basically the ultimate meme font for anyone who works in ui/ux . i wonder if anyone is ACTUALLY going to use this code for anything useful or if it will just sit in a repo forever.
>the legacy of bad typography is officially public property now. does anyone think using fonts like this could ever work for an A/B test on landing pages? maybe for some ultra-casual brand identity experiment. i doubt the conversion lift would be anything other than negative.more here:
https://thenewstack.io/microsoft-comic-chat-open-source/