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June 19, 2014 08:36 pm GMT

Designers Finally Found a Useful Purpose for Comic Sans

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Here are two terms that have probably never shared a sentence before: Comic Sans and cancer

The font your elementary school teachers used to "spice up" curricula — you know, the one everyone loves to hate — is now helping to raise funds to fight cancer.

See also: A New Version of Comic Sans Actually Looks Pretty Cool

Comic Sans for Cancer is a campaign orchestrated by a trio of British designers who wanted to find a productive use for the most universally hated font.

It's an open invitation to the public to submit posters that somehow integrate the font. The best of the entries will be used in an exhibition in London throughout July; proceeds from the show, along with any donations, will go toward the British charity Cancer Research UK (the independent charity funds research for more than 200 types of cancer). Read more...

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