Eyetracking Research

April, 2011

The intense areas shown on the Comic Sans heat map (left) shows that users thoroughly read every piece of content displayed in Comic Sans. For the Arial version on the right, we see a more conventional eye tracking pattern.

Google Plays With Helvetica,
Comic Sans For April Fools’ 2011 Gag

April, 2011

In April Fools 2011, Google “Helvetica,” and you’ll see a page of search results that appear entirely in Comic Sans. Search for “Comic Sans,” and the results are all in Comic Sans.