> but it's kind of cold and a little alienating to
>me. It's like 2001: A Space Odyssey: The Font!


You know I bet you there actually is a 2001: A Space Odyssey: The Font! ... Anyway, I guess in the 'cold' and 'alienating' sense you're right, but the thing about Space Odyssey is you watch it and you're not entirely sure what happened. Helvetica is clear as day, you never walk away thinking 'now what did that say?' So in that sense it's nothing like Space Odyssey.

But... Both are now movies. So, all in all, great analogy.


>Maybe because I'm a copywriter, I like fonts with a little bit
>more narrative power--something to give my headlines a little
>bit of help, because oh man, do they need it.

Hmmm how do you mean? Like a traditional serif font, more suited for long passages of printed text (for people)?

Wow we are really talking about this.