FONT-TASTIC
Prompt - Font-tastic : Choose a unique font and type out a poem, story or journal entry using that font
Can the choice of font change the meaning of the words it's being used to present to the reader? It can certainly provoke reactions. The longevity of the disdain, even hatred, for Comic Sans is the clearest example. Using CS is a sure way to ensure you won't be taken seriously. You might even lose friends.
Your choice of font does give an indication of mood. It's the first thing people see when they look at your writing, and they can be led towards the tone of your piece, and the gravity or otherwise of what you are trying to convey, simply from the font it appears in. Business like? Intimate? Angry? Humourous? Ironic? (See, there is a role for Comic Sans...) All can be initially implied simply from the appearance of the characters in the words, even before someone gets to reading the words themselves.
So here's a short poem, repeated several times, in a variety of very different fonts. Does the meaning remain the same throughout, perhaps influenced by the first font it appears in, or do further connotations emerge when the script changes? You decide. (And no, none of them are Comic Sans!)
The race without a line to cross
Is a race you'll never win
Where there's no win you find no loss
No need to chase after rainbows
Let the rain embrace your skin
Sure the path's the one that you chose
The race without a line to cross
Is a race you'll never win
Where there's no win you find no loss
No need to chase after rainbows
Let the rain embrace your skin
Sure the path's the one that you chose
The race without a line to cross
Is a race you'll never win
Where there's no win you find no loss
No need to chase after rainbows
Let the rain embrace your skin
Sure the path's the one that you chose
The race without a line to cross
Is a race you'll never win
Where there's no win you find no loss
No need to chase after rainbows
Let the rain embrace your skin
Sure the path's the one that you chose
The race without a line to cross
Is a race you'll never win
Where there's no win you find no loss
No need to chase after rainbows
Let the rain embrace your skin
Sure the path's the one that you chose
The race without a line to cross
Is a race you'll never win
Where there's no win you find no loss
No need to chase after rainbows
Let the rain embrace your skin
Sure the path's the one that you chose
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