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Subject: How aware are people of fonts?
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Date: Thu, 20-Oct-83 06:54:02 EDT
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From: utcsrgv!utcsstat!laura@uw-beaver
To: utcsrgv!uw-beaver!laser-lovers
Subject: How aware are people of fonts?

Last weekend was Thanksgiving in Canada. I went home. My mother was 
contemplating which of 2 books she would teach her grade 8 class.
I picked up one book, and said "Yuck, don't teach that, what an awful
font! My eyes would hurt trying to read this!"

My mother was surprised that I would judge a book, not by its content,
or even by its cover, but by the font that was used. It had not
occurred to her.

This makes me wonder if we who think that font design is something
important are in the minority.

What do you think?

Laura Creighton
uw-beaver!utcsrgv!utcsstat!laura