From the WTF? File.... - 04/12/21
What will they come up with next?
Now, fonts are racist.
Yup.
From CNN.
Who comes up with this?
Sweet baby jeebus.
Now, fonts are racist.
Yup.
From CNN.
Quote
"Here's a thought experiment: Close your eyes and imagine the font you'd use to depict the word "Chinese.'"
There's a good chance you pictured letters made from the swingy, wedge-shaped strokes you've seen on restaurant signs, menus, take-away boxes and kung-fu movie posters. These "chop suey fonts," as American historian Paul Shaw calls them, have been a typographical shortcut for "Asianness" for decades.
There's a good chance you pictured letters made from the swingy, wedge-shaped strokes you've seen on restaurant signs, menus, take-away boxes and kung-fu movie posters. These "chop suey fonts," as American historian Paul Shaw calls them, have been a typographical shortcut for "Asianness" for decades.
Who comes up with this?
Sweet baby jeebus.