"For ages (probably still) Windows lacked any decent headline font" There are lots of decent fonts on Windows suitable for headlines. In fact, a decade ago (20

"For ages (probably still) Windows lacked any decent headline font" There are lots of decent fonts on Windows suitable for headlines. In fact, a decade ago (2005), Microsoft released their clear type font collection: six fonts designed by well-known type designers (the fonts are Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas, Constantia, Corbel) So the choice is certainly there, but Comic Sans is popular among non-designers because of it's informal, friendly handwriting appearance. I think the original article is unfair to compare Comic Sans, an informal script font, to a formal Serif and Sans Serif font. It would be better to choose another informal script font for comparison and to explain why one is better than the other.