By altering a typewriter to type letters in one of the Internet's most despised fonts, designer Jesse England wants to provoke thoughts about how we "consume and generate media."
Artist creates Comic Sans typewriter —
By altering a typewriter to type letters in one of the Internet's most despised fonts, designer Jesse England wants to provoke thoughts about how we "consume and generate media."
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Comic Sans is often mocked for its child-like design, which is why England says he chose it: "To provoke a reaction."
Artist creates Comic Sans typewriter —
Comic Sans is often mocked for its child-like design, which is why England says he chose it: "To provoke a reaction."
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To create the "Sincerity Machine," England used a laser engraving machine to etch new letters out of acrylic, and glued them onto the strikers of a Sears-branded Brother Charger 11 typewriter.
Artist creates Comic Sans typewriter —
To create the "Sincerity Machine," England used a laser engraving machine to etch new letters out of acrylic, and glued them onto the strikers of a Sears-branded Brother Charger 11 typewriter.
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England, who works at a digital media studio, used a vinyl cutter to make new key covers.
Artist creates Comic Sans typewriter —
England, who works at a digital media studio, used a vinyl cutter to make new key covers.
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Comic Sans' <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comicsanscriminal.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">detractors </a>believe that its childish design makes it inappropriate for most uses in everyday life beyond comics or elementary school classrooms.
Artist creates Comic Sans typewriter —
Comic Sans' detractors believe that its childish design makes it inappropriate for most uses in everyday life beyond comics or elementary school classrooms.
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Detractors of the "Sincerity Machine" can take heart in knowing its alterations are not immutable, England said. "If need be those stickers can come off the keys and the Comic Sans covers can come off the strikers, and the machine would be as good as new."
Artist creates Comic Sans typewriter —
Detractors of the "Sincerity Machine" can take heart in knowing its alterations are not immutable, England said. "If need be those stickers can come off the keys and the Comic Sans covers can come off the strikers, and the machine would be as good as new."
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