Chalkboard is a font released by Apple in 2003. It was released as part of
Mac OS X v10.3
Mac OS X Panther (version 10.3) is the fourth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It followed Mac OS X Jaguar and preceded Mac OS X Tiger. It was released on October 24, 2003.
System requirements
Panther's sy ...
and the
10.2.8 update. It is regularly compared to Microsoft's
Comic Sans
Comic Sans MS is a sans-serif typeface designed by Vincent Connare and released in 1994 by Microsoft Corporation. It is a non-connecting script inspired by comic book lettering, intended for use in cartoon speech bubbles, as well as in other cas ...
font, which has shipped with Mac OS since
Mac OS 8.6
Mac OS 8 is an operating system that was released by Apple Computer on July 26, 1997. It includes the largest overhaul of the classic Mac OS experience since the release of System 7, approximately six years before. It places a greater emphasis ...
in 1999, although it is not a perfect substitute font since the two are not metrically compatible.
References
See also
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Kristen (typeface)
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Comic Sans
Comic Sans MS is a sans-serif typeface designed by Vincent Connare and released in 1994 by Microsoft Corporation. It is a non-connecting script inspired by comic book lettering, intended for use in cartoon speech bubbles, as well as in other cas ...
Casual script typefaces
Apple Inc. typefaces
Typefaces and fonts introduced in 2003
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