If you can announce the Higgs Boson in Comic Sans, clearly anybody can do anything.

I think once the artistic world of the type designer merged with the scientific world of the computer programmer, you began to see this crossover.

We get used to things, and we like reading the way we're used to reading.

The design of the notorious Palm Beach County "butterfly ballot" in the 2000 Presidential election is certainly one of them. But I would say most of the time this is less about a conscious attempt to manipulate an outcome, and more about pure ineptitude.

If typography is calling attention to itself, it's taking that attention away from what the words are saying.

Not everything is design. But design is about everything. So do yourself a favor: be ready for anything.

The scientists at CERN were actually surprised that people commented on this. Reportedly Fabiola Gianotti, the coordinator of the CERN program to find the Higgs Boson, was asked why she had selected Comic Sans. She simply said, "Because I like it."