Comic Parchment, the ultimate font

Rob Beschizza 7:43 am Fri Jul 28, 2017

Comic Parchment is a font combining the best elements of the world's two most widely-loved and respected faces: Comic Sans and Papyrus.

Comic Sans accurately and elegantly translates classic comic book charm to the digital context, and Papyrus adds a soulful, mouth-wateringly ragged contour to its otherwise classic serifs. But only Comic Parchment weds the two in a perfect pop-culture marriage of whitebread childishness and ersatz ethnic ambiguity.

The magnum opus of genius type designer Ben Harman, Comic Parchment is $5.

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