>i'm
>         not alone in surmising that all of you are reading the "same"
>message

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><br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; not alone
>in surmising that all of you are reading the &quot;same&quot;
>message</font>

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><br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font>
><br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">As to typefaces, graphics etc, you
>don't need to be a graphic designer or a semiotician to get to the
>conclusion that type has a significance in reading text, even on screen.
>Fraktura, for example, was invented at the behest of Ludwig of Bavaria
>hundreds of years ago as an invention of a German tradition, but of course
>it's now metonymous only with the Nazis, and is so used. Having said that,
>I've just supervised a Graphic Designer's dissertation in which she uses
>semiotics to explain just that connection, so she should get all the credit
>for that point. </font>
><br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font>
><br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">Damian</font>
><br><font size=2 color=blue
>face="Arial">==============================================</font>
><br>
><br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; point
>well taken . . . and yet, the fact that in some spefcific instances</font>
><br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; typefaces
>can be used for or acquire semiotic force ought not mean</font>
><br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; that they
>of necessity do have such force . . . case in point . . . i am</font>
><br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; typing
>this message in a font called &quot;comic sans&quot; in a dark blue </font>
><br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; color . .
>. my limited understanding of cyberthings makes me quite </font>
><br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; sure that
>many of you who read this will have a different font and</font>
><br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; a
>different color on your screens . . . indeed it's possible that none</font>
><br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of you
>will now be seeing dark blue comic sans . . . but i think i'm</font>
><br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; not alone
>in surmising that all of you are reading the &quot;same&quot;
>message</font>
><br>
><br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; in any
>case, i shall certainly have a look at the book by tom conley </font>
><br>
><br><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
>mike</font>
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