[UA] Magic Fonts

[James Knevitt]

> -----Original Message-----

> Okay, here's something I just want to throw out. Last night, I had this 
> weird dream where this guy was getting magical power from fonts, as in 
> Times New Roman and such. There was a distinct tone of urbanomancy, 
> since the man drew more power from fonts involving his city ("Cleveland 
> Gothic" was the font in the dream. Not that it exists.), but the 
> emphasis was specifically on the fact that fonts were creating magical 
> charges somehow.
> 
> Interesting? A new type of school? or just one of those magikeer sort 
> of things that warrants no attention? Just wondering.

That's actually a really neat idea. As an amateur typographer and all round fontaholic, I can see how such a school would develop. You know too much about fonts when you can glance at a street sign you've never seen before and immediately name the obscure font that's been used.

James