In this short presented by the Great Big Story, typographer Vincent Connare talks about how he came to create the font Comic Sans that was pre-programmed on 90s versions of Microsoft Word.

In 2014, Connare wrote a statement defending his font after The Sydney Morning Herald met criticism for having used Comic Sans on their cover.

I must admit after having seen this video, the font doesn't look too bad when incorporated with illustrations.

Via Boing Boing.