Daily: HEADLINE NEWS – The power of FONTS

<p>Words shape the world – but typefaces shape the words. In a world where fonts <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/calibri-default-font-microsoft-moving-on/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subtly engineer how we think</a>, should we be more conscious of the lore of the letter? Andrew Harrison talks to giant of typography <strong>Gail Anderson</strong> – graphic designer, former Rolling Stone art director and co-author of <em>Type Speaks: A Lexicon Of Expressive, Emotional, And Symbolic Typefaces</em> – about the politics and hidden powers of fonts, how digital media is making designers of us all, and her merciless war on widows, orphans and rivers. (It’s not as cruel as it sounds).&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“Type has been democratised, even if people don't make the best choices with it.”</em></li><li><em>“Look at the Hillary and Obama campaigns – they just had classier fonts than Trump.”</em></li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>