[3][4] The font's usage is often criticized when paired with caricatures that recall the Yellow Peril images of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In 2002, the American clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch faced controversy when it produced a series of T-shirts with buck-toothed images and wonton font slogans.
[5] The Chicago Cubs experienced backlash from the Asian American community after a similarly offensive T-shirt was produced by an independent clothing vendor in 2008.
[6] The questionable use of such fonts was the subject of a 2012 article in the Wall Street Journal by cultural commentator and journalist Jeff Yang.
[7] In 2018, the New Jersey Republican State Committee was criticized for sending out a political mailer describing Korean-American candidate Andy Kim as "real fishy" and printing his name in a wonton font.