The inventor of the Comic Sans typeface has justified its creation saying people pick the font because it is different and it looks more like handwriting and does not look like an old school text book. Then Vincent Connare weakened his case somewhat by saying: “It is a personal decision. The same could be asked of why do people like Ugg boots, Justin Bieber or pink tracksuits."

Comic Sans was designed in 1994 and inspired by comic-book speech bubbles, the ubiquitous sans-serif font has become the typeface that designers love to hate and even has a website dedicated to its abolition. Connare said that people who don't like Comic Sans don't know anything about design. In design you work to a brief and Comic San’s fulfilled his brief. Vincent Connare worked for Microsoft, where he designed both the web-friendly Trebuchet font family and the now infamous Comic Sans MS.

Comic Sans was originally designed in 1994 to fill in the speech bubbles in Microsoft Bob, which featured a cartoon dog that offered tips on how to use a computer. Although the typeface was never used in the program, it was originally designed for – it was introduced too late in the development process – it became popular in internal communications at Microsoft.

In 1995 it was included in the company's standard font package for Windows, putting it in the hands of millions of computer users. It was also included as a standard option in the Internet Explorer browser, expanding its reach even further. Connare once described the typeface as "the best joke I ever told". He does not regret creating it and believes that people who do not like Comic Sans don't understand the purpose of design.

"Comic Sans matched the brief, the brief of the entire Microsoft Consumer Division to put a 'Computer in Every Home' and to make something popular for the people of these homes and their kids. Comic Sans is loved by kids, mums and many dads. So it did its job very well. It matched the brief!"