The Sound of Fonts

                  

Typesounds investigates the sound of language expressed in fonts:

“Each typography provides a sensation in reading, their endings and finishings framing families and usage formats. They are millimetrically designed to fullfil a function. Graphic designers use the most suitable source for publishing, searching to a five a subtle character to reading or the most expressive way of emphasizing a header.

The appearance of unprinted communication media has opened up new horizona; the consequences brought about by the new digital era now form part of our everyday lives, as does the impact that is leaving on publishing.  

The internet is allowing blind people to access a large proportion of information because, whilst they are unable to perceive the letter type or the page’s typographical composition, they are able to perceive a change in tone within a text that includes a news item or a novel.

Pronouncing the word “Love” thinking in Garamond Italic is not the same as pronouncing “LOVE” thinking in AKZIDENZ GROTESK in capital letters.”

It’s an interesting exploration worth considering a step further. I wonder how “Resume” by Dorothy Parker would sound in Univers Ultra Light Condensed, Byron’s “She walks in Beauty” in Stencil or, Henry V’s St. Crispin’s day speech in Comic Sans. Sadly, Typesounds have not ventured so far as to give Comic Sans a voice.  

I’m sure Bobcat Goldthwait is free though.