The Jar Jar Binks of Typefaces

In the view of some, the most abominable thing that Microsoft has foisted on the world isn’t bug-infested, not-fit-for-purpose operating systems; the X-Box platforms’s obscene in-game financial extortion; the blue screen of death; criminal monopolistic business practices; Bill Gates; or Clippy (the annoying paperclip “assistant”): it is *drum-roll* the Comic Sans typeface. The beginnings of the typeface can be to traced to 1995, as a friendly bubble-text for a talking puppy in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Bob program</a>. Microsoft Bob was conceived as a cheerful graphical interface and training aid to help people (especially, young children) get familiar with navigating a Microsoft Windows environment. One of the type designers on the Microsoft Bob project, Vincent Connare (whose portfolio would go on to include parts of Wing Dings for Microsoft Explorer and the Ministry of Sound logo) noticed that the puppy providing tips, clues, and other needless interference was talking in text-bubbles of Times New Roman. <a href="https://dozome.medium.com/the-jar-jar-binks-of-typefaces-2c5ccd8439a9">Visit Now</a>