The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The
quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I've seen this sentence 1000
times it seems like to me but I've never really understood are
realized the sentence is an example of all the letters in the
alphabet being used in one specific sentence sort of like the classic
placing of the hands of a watch for sale is on 10 and two. I never
realize there are age-old constructs in place the only certain groups
of individuals know about sort of like the secret handshake.
I
just got off the phone with my friend from Holland. It was another
marathon call I think I started at 4 o'clock and we disconnected our
Internet link just a few minutes ago. It was like three in the
morning in her city of Nijmegen, Netherlands. Elske, is the
commercial artist and educator at the local community college. I've
written about her before, you can go back through this blog through
2018 you see a number of references and some of her work. Elske is a
trained artist and technician she knows what she's doing. I guess I
had never shared with her that I did a daily blog in tonight I did
share with her a link to this blog. Elske was fascinated but she
suggested that I changed the font of the blog. I cannot believe how
this suggestion threatened me. I'm still having to wrap my mind
around the idea of changing the font . I can't believe that
the font that I use which is Times Roman is such a big deal to me…
unbelievable.
Anyway,
Elske suggested that I use the font Garamond.
She said it was one of the serif fonts. She thought my blog would be
better with Garamond font of the serifs. The serifs?! What the hell
is that? I mean I understand I went out of my way to find a font that
I liked which is Times Roman of course. I think I like Times Roman
because it's blocky are maybe masculine? This is probably a stupid
reason for selection of a font but still. She sent me a link to whole
websites dedicated to types of fonts and particularly a type called
serif fonts. I figured out quickly the serif was the squiggly on the
end of one of the letters in the fonts – – I don't think I'm
saying this right but that's the only thing I can come up with. I was
intrigued that there is whole disciplines of thought focused on the
letters words were fabricated from. Even more so I was flabbergasted
that it made a difference to me. I was intrigued to read that the
Garamound font is considered one of the most beautiful fonts that
exist I was intrigued that Elske knew this that had registered such
an impact on her.
I
don't know if I will this particular font and start writing all
the time in this font. It took me forever to go to a size 14 point and I did that just because somewhere I learned that
14 was the comfortable size font to read. So if in fact Garamond is
so beautiful and considered one of the most readable fonts but maybe
I need to rethink my feelings regarding Times Roman and the beauty of
a font with a serif…
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