Claire Tidey Extra Credit

In the sources we looked at two videos and a portion of Praxis. The topic that was focused on this week was fonts. It was talked about the criticism and effectiveness of the different types. One video focused on the defending of Comic Sans, he talked about how it has come full circle in being loved and then hated and finally loved again. Comic Sans was used in the piracy section of paramount’s previews for many years. This font was also used on tombstones. It was started due to Mircosoft Dog, the font was used as his speech bubbles. This font was used in comic books originally because it looked like a kids hand writing. This font was also used in kinds books due to the fact that it was easier to read. This next video was about the font used for the Netflix series Stranger Things. This font was customized for the film but it was derived from other long lasting favorites such as The Smith’s album. The font was a blend of many different ideas that when combined gave us the unique look that was presented in the film. The Praxis reading was centered around the fonts used in social media. It discussed the many different fonts presented and the many different types of social media that used the same fonts.  All of these sources talked about the differences in the fonts used for different formats. There are many different fonts that all portray very different things. It is incredible what an art can be portrayed and how due to a font people can read the same word and have many different thoughts about that same word.