WRD 104: Composition & Rhetoric II Rotating Header Image

Typography, typefaces, and typeface choices

The size and shape of fonts affects reading and comprehension to a much greater extent than most of us give them credit for — thus making them deeply rhetorical choices. We’ll talk about some of those differences in class and look at examples, including default fonts in your favorite word-processing program and in Digication. From Wysocki’s Compose Design Advocate: