At the 2011 Ampersand Conference in Brighton, UK, designer Vincent Conarre gave a talk about the history of the infamous Comic Sans typeface, which he designed in early 1990s as a more appropriate typographic voice for Microsoft Bob. At the lecture, Conarre showed its original euro symbol, that was later removed because “the EU was going to sue us over that”.
Title
Comic Sans Euro Symbol
Published
1995
The Comic Sans euro sign is referenced in a stylistic set of Monokrom’s Burgert Animata.
Literature
Conarre, V. (1995). Comic Sans [Typeface]. Microsoft.
Connare, V. (2011). From the Dark Side… Speak to Me [Lecture]. Ampersand Conference 2011. Brighton
Peters, Y. (28 June 2011). The FontFeed: Ampersand Conference 2011 Focuses on Web Typography. Fontshop. Retrieved 14 September 2026 from archive.org
Burgert Animata RegularView Specimen
Burgert Animata