Look out for Font Rage

Sometimes everyone is happier when the game is Fixed (aka Consoling Consolas lovers)

Sorting It All Out — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:33:12 GMT

Oscar asked over in the Suggestion Box: Hi Michael, I was just curious if any progress had been made

re: Look out for Font Rage

designer — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:46:31 GMT

I have used the font often for children's media only. I see no other use for it.

Romancing Segoe, aka You've Got Mangal, aka Sansless in Seattle, aka Iskoola Pota with the Vampire

Sorting It All Out — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:14:04 GMT

(Does anyone not think that the word "Sansless" is freaking hilarious, like The La Trattoria in Mickey

re: Look out for Font Rage

Centaur — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:35:03 GMT

Every Font Has a Story: Comic Sans MS

If I remember correctly, Comic Sans MS was first bundled with Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2, which included Comic Chat, a grossly RFC-neglecting IRC client that called channels “rooms” and represented users with graphic cartoon characters. Comic Sans MS was used there as the default font for users’ phrases.

To facilitate consistency in character appearance, Comic Chat transmitted an encoded string every time one opted to change one’s appearance. Users of other IRC clients saw this string raw and were often annoyed.

Thankfully, Comic Chat disappeared in Windows 2000, but the font remained “for backward compatibility” as it became widely used by web sites. Occasionally, one also sees paper-based advertisements printed in Comic Sans MS.