--- title: The Comic Sans Typewriter Is Here description: It's only a generation late canonical: https://time.com/3520405/comic-sans-typewriter/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-18T19:27:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:53.829Z og:title: The Comic Sans Typewriter Is Here og:description: It's only a generation late og:url: https://time.com/3520405/comic-sans-typewriter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec86f0faa23bb4ce/698761978e0601144c457cb1/454478712.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jobs of Yesteryear og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Comic Sans Typewriter Is Here twitter:description: It's only a generation late twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec86f0faa23bb4ce/698761978e0601144c457cb1/454478712.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Comic Sans Typewriter Is Finally Here by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Oct 18, 2014 7:27 PM UTC  These keys of a circa-1930 Royal portable are photographed on Thursday, August 14, 2014. These keys of a circa-1930 Royal portable are photographed on Thursday, August 14, 2014.Boston Globe—Boston Globe via Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Oct 18, 2014 7:27 PM UTC We’ve all had this thought: Why can’t my typewriter use the Comic Sans typeface? Well, if you like Comic Sans, you may have had that thought, anyway. And if you have a typewriter. But designer Jesse England seems to fit the bill. After reading a typewritten document, he realized there was nothing stopping him from giving a typewriter the most annoying font ever created. So he invented the Sincerity Machine, etching Comic Sans letters with a laser engraver and gluing them onto a 1970s Brother Charger 11 typewriter. England is sympathetic to the font. “While making it, I thought a lot about the Comic Sans typeface and how ridiculed it is. But it is also a mark of sincerity for those who do not have graphic design experience. I’m not particularly enamored with this font, but I don’t think it deserves the flak it gets.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3520405/comic-sans-typewriter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3520405/comic-sans-typewriter/"},"headline":"The Comic Sans Typewriter Is Finally Here","datePublished":"2014-10-18T19:27:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:53.829Z","description":"It's only a generation late","url":"https://time.com/3520405/comic-sans-typewriter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Technology"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec86f0faa23bb4ce/698761978e0601144c457cb1/454478712.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec86f0faa23bb4ce/698761978e0601144c457cb1/454478712.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jobs of Yesteryear","caption":"Jobs of Yesteryear","creditText":"Boston Globe—Boston Globe via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3520405/comic-sans-typewriter/","name":"The Comic Sans Typewriter Is Finally Here"}}]}] ```