NICOLA GINZLER

Senior Graphic Designer

‘Comic Papyrus’: A Typeface Combo of the Two Loathed Fonts Papyrus and Comic Sans

Categories: design
Tags: Barth and Co, Ben Harman, Comic Papyrus, Comic Parchment, Comic Sans, font, Papyrus, Rob Barth, typeface, typography

Papyrus and Comic Sans are two widely available typefaces that are often said to be overused and criticized by graphic designers. Artist Rob Barth of the Barth and Co design firm took it into his own hands earlier this year to create a typeface combo, appropriately titled “Comic Papyrus,” using the two loathed fonts. It features both the textured hand-drawn look of Papyrus and the casual comic-book features of Comic Sans. Thanks to Barth, trying to choose which typeface you dislike more is a thing of the past.

Comic Papyrus, A Complete Font Designed as a Mashup of Papyrus and Comic Sans Now Available for Download

By Rebecca Escamilla from Laughing Squid.

Graphic designer Ben Harman combined the two generally loathed typefaces Papyrus and Comic Sans into the font Comic Papyrus. [Later rebranded as Comic Parchment after threats of legal action from the Papyrus folks. See Harman’s post here.] We previously featured the same concept from Barth and Co, but Harman has made the complete font, including a special character set, available for purchase for $5.00 at Creative Market.

Your two most favoritest fonts ever have FINALLY been smooshed together typographically, just as Darwin intended. Cross-bred. Cross-awesomified.

So stop wasting hours switching back and forth between your two old favorites, and just use your new favorite instead. Comic Papyrus combines the timeless rustic qualities from centuries past with the hilarious fun-loving wit of today’s funny pages. It’ll make you laugh (like a joke) and cry (like a mummy). Simultaneously!