Submitted by notmyrealname on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 15:17.
So a lot of the Helvetica documentary was talking about what type of message the font got across. Whether that message was corporate, stylish, or bland, the people in the documentary agreed that what font something is written in has an affect (however large or small) on its overall message. And being the East Asian Languages and Literature major that I am, I immdiately thought of Asian calligraphy. Since we learned how to add pictures into blog posts this week, let's see if I can manage.
example: Piece of work by the Chinese poet Mifu, image from Wikipedia. read more »