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Comment by duskwuff

6 months ago

Comic Sans was from Microsoft Comic Chat [1], which was a separate product from Bob.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Comic_Chat

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breadwinner  6 months ago

Unlikely. Comic Chat project was not a high-budget project that could design its own font. Bob on the the other hand was, and according to Wikipedia did fund the development of Comic Sans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans

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