Microsoft Open Sources Comic Chat, a 90s IRC Client Featuring Comic Sans

Microsoft has open-sourced its 1996 IRC client, Comic Chat, which was included with Internet Explorer 3.0 and used the Comic Sans font in speech bubbles to create comic-style chat outputs.

By Richard Lawler · The Verge · July 16, 2026, 23:52 UTC

Microsoft Open Sources Comic Chat, a 90s IRC Client Featuring Comic Sans

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