While adequate for certain industry sectors like childcare and entertainment, its usage in business or professional settings has been criticized by many aesthetic-conscious Internet users, who say Comic Sans conveys silliness and irreverence that is hardly suitable for serious matters. Comic Sans as a hot discussion topic has been covered by Wall Street Journal in 2009 and BBC and the Independent in 2010.
The group page also hosts a discussion forum where intense debates have taken place about the font's aesthetics and proper usage. The font gradually grew into an all-purpose typeface nearly ubiquitous in public buildings, private businesses and offices, as thoroughly documented in the Flickr group pool "Comic Sans" that was first launched in March 2005. Since being introduced through Windows operating systems, Comic Sans became widely adopted for personal web design and word processing, as well as in graphic designs for corporate brands including Beanie Babies and The Sims. Microsoft describes Comic Sans as a “groovy script font."
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Instead, Microsoft used Comic Sans in pop-up windows and the help section of the 1995 program 3D Movie Maker before it was included in Windows 95 Plus! Pack as one of the standard fonts. However, the font was not completed in time to be used in the program.
It was originally intended to be used solely in children's programs after Connare saw a beta version of an interface called Microsoft Bob (shown below, right), which used a Times New Roman typeface in a comic-style setting. The font was inspired by the lettering found in comic books Connare kept in his office, specifically Alan Moore's Watchmen and Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. Comic Sans MS was created in October of 1994 by Vincent Connare for Microsoft.
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