Would you judge a book by it's FONT?
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Re: Would you judge a book by it's FONT?
Tiny letters can be a bother too. They slow me down, especially when I am tired and read late in the evening. But when the font is too big, it's no good either. Then I have the feeling the author just had the need to fll those pages... like I do when I'm writing a paper, lol.
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P.S. I just remembered some of those REALLY old fonts, from the 1800s and earlier, where the lower-case Fs look like Ss... yeah, not a fan of those, either. But those are usually only in really old printings, and sometimes get scanned wrong by places like Project Gutenberg, so they can be a real stumbling block when you're reading and trying to figure out what on earth gibberish this author wrote!
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OMG! This made me giggle! Just picturing you handing in something and just about wanting to use 'comic' font or something just to tick her off!ALynnPowers wrote:I used to have a boss who was from a different English speaking country than me, and she would get irrationally angry if we wrote ANY document in a font outside of what she personally considered acceptable. There was only ONE that she deemed suitable... can't remember which one it was, but they looked exactly the same to me except for the lowercase t not being curled at the bottom. Obviously the font I am using right now would not be tolerated in her present. I might also mention that she is the biggest expletive in the history of the universe and she gives everyone from her country a bad name.
Having said that, I know several professors who are also a bit umm obsessed with uniformity with all thier student papers.
But as to the topic on hand, I enjoy different types of fonts. I find it brings out the spirit of the author and maybe a concept of the book,such as a journal type feel with a 'script' type font. But! Having said that, legibility is the biggest key factor no matter what they use. If it's hard on the eyes, it's not going to fly with me.
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