![]() ![]() ![]() In order to make Microsoft Bob look more suitable for its intended purposes, he decided to create a new typeface with only a mouse and cursor, based on the lettering style of comic books he had in his office, specifically The Dark Knight Returns (lettered by John Costanza) and Watchmen (lettered by Dave Gibbons). He believed this was inappropriate for the aesthetics of the program, which was created to introduce younger users to computers. When he saw a beta version of Microsoft Bob that used Times New Roman in the word balloons of its cartoon characters, he believed the typeface gave the software an overly formal appearance. Microsoft designer Vincent Connare began working on Comic Sans in 1994 after having already created other fonts for various applications. Vincent Connare explaining in 2009 how he came to create "the world's favourite font" Development and release
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