22/CuringComicSans.
We’ve just been set a brief to create a campaign celebrating bad typography. What with this and previous Comic Sans Destruction, it seems to be a recurring theme this year.
Both fit with a project I did last year with @Bhav_Mistry. We had to save one of the problems of the world in a day, whilst most were solving issues like racism, global warming and war, we opted for something a little bit more serious. The problem of Comic Sans MS.
Yes that parasitic mother fucker of a typeface. The solution, then, was to make Comic Sans compulsory – if it is the only font available to use, would we be forced to appreciate and find good uses for it? Would the archives be rewritten? Would Max Miedinger be hated whilst Vincent Connare celebrated? Would the corporate face of America be one of fun?
See classic pieces of typography from Jan Tschichold and Marinetti modified, cult brands reimagined and a brand new clothing line all on Flickr or after the jump.
(There are more but these are my favourites…)
17/ComicSansDestroyed.
Following the creation and gathering of our Comic Sans character it then had to be destroyed. Destroying Comic Sans should be both a right of passage and initiation for any graphic designer. Whilst others burnt, melted, ate, swung at and clobbered theirs, I thought I’d take mine for a box. Location is so key to this series of before, during and after, definately wanted to capture the fight amidst some epic scenes. Photography by Bhav Mistry.
Photos after the jump or on Flickr.
9/ComicSansMSComesOut.
Between the whole of #gdc1 we made the entire character set of the much loved Comic Sans MS (mine was p), painted them brilliant white and then today we took them out. Photos after the jump or even more on Flickr.
More Comic Sans (Destroyed) later…