3 Posts, 1 Question for 10/10/07

When choosing a font, graphic designers consider the history of typefaces and their current and former qualities and connotations. The goal is to find a style of letters that effectively address the social situation and body of content for the project at hand.

In Friere’s scheme of “digestive” concept of knowledge, the illiterate are “undernourished” of the “bread of the spirit”, or “deposits of vocabulary”.

K&R: “Noun style” favors stasis and “verb style” favors expressions of actions.

Question: How are we to tie the two readings together?