Since its creation in 1995, the
typeface Comic Sans has enjoyed immense popularity among numerous
digital type users including librarians, human resource managers,
Powerpoint presenters, and Disney advertisement designers. The
typeface has recently become so popular in fact that it has
attracted the attention of several important typographic
institutions, most notably the Foundation of National Typographers.
A recent study by the FoNT foundation reveals some remarkable trends
for the fledgling face.
(see graph at
right)
These projections are
based on a scientific survey of long-term type usage trends and
include a standard margin of error. The report finds that Comic Sans
usage has steadily increased since 1995 at a geometric rate and is
well on its way to becoming the most universally used typeface
surpassing even Helvetica and Times by approximately 2018. Even more
astonishing is the typographic event horizon predicted for the year
2027. The FoNT foundation has determined that according to these
trends the only typeface anyone will use by the year 2030 will
indeed be Comic Sans. (illustations below)
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Projected Comic
Sans
Usage 1990-2030*
 *inormation based on research by the
Foundation of National Typographers in association with the
Corporation for Public Misinformation. |
