Dear font maker,

you mightn't be fond of punctuation, the average Netizen might not be fond of punctuation, and many ordinary folk don't see how punctuation works for them.

For all that, though, you've gone to the effort of crafting a typeface. You've lovingly drawn vector images of little letters so that we can throw text about on icons, web graphics and paper with scarce a second thought, and we value your efforts, little though we may think about them. We're quite happy that you've taken the time to put together a complete set of letters, all for our nefarious graphical endeavours.

Which is why I'd like to know one very simple thing: what is it that deluded you into thinking that replacing the apostrophe, comma, colon, semicolon, full stop, ampersand, and countless other poor helpless marks and symbols with your own logo was a good idea?

Please, do tell, because I haven't the faintest clue why you'd have done that.

With almost anything but love,
[livejournal.com profile] active_apathy

Date: 2007-01-19 02:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleobourne.livejournal.com
preach it!

Date: 2007-01-21 12:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deepfishy.livejournal.com
What is this "punctuation" of which you speak? :P

Date: 2007-01-21 12:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] active-apathy.livejournal.com
Punctuation is the chocolate topping on the ice-cream of prose, the turrets on the tower of language, the oil that lubricates the machinery of communication, the mint on the pillow of writing, the... um, metaphorical thing, that, y'know, makes that related metaphorical thing do, uh, stuff.

Date: 2007-01-23 12:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kdsorceress.livejournal.com
*snrks*

~Sor

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