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Re: A new point about fonts to argue and speculate over
Subject:Re: A new point about fonts to argue and speculate over From:Richard L Hamilton <dick -at- rlhamilton -dot- net> To:John Allred <john2 -at- allrednet -dot- com> Date:Mon, 5 Nov 2012 12:45:30 -0800
True, though I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that the "fledgling designer" was the candidate:-). I would hope that even a fledgling designer wouldn't waste 2/3 of a yard sign when simply increasing the point size to fill up the available space would make the sign legible.
> I'd lay that one off to a fledgling designer eager to display some newfound artistic skill.
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> John
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> On Nov 5, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Richard L Hamilton <dick -at- rlhamilton -dot- net> wrote:
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>> I recently saw a picture (can't locate it now) of a lawn sign for a local school board candidate that had the candidate's name in Comic Sans, in a too-small typeface. Then, to add insult to injury, the rest of the text (something like "for school board") was so small that it was unreadable for anyone driving by.
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>> In this case, I don't think the candidate intended to use Comic Sans so that you would be more sympathetic to his/her message:-).
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>> Richard
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>> On Nov 5, 2012, at 9:03 AM, Porrello, Leonard wrote:
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>>> Comic Sans would be appropriate on several levels.
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>>> So we need a law requiring all political ads to use Comic Sans?
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>>> Gene Kim-Eng
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>>> On 11/3/2012 5:48 PM, Keith Hood wrote:
>>>> I just read an article that basically says you can make people change the intensity of their feelings on issues if you force them to read about the issues in a font that is difficult for them.
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