<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post4792827118059717521..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4488282794401238723</id><published>2007-03-29T23:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-29T23:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I like all kinds of typefaces.  The point about fa...</title><summary type='text'>I like all kinds of typefaces.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The point about fashion is that our SENSE of the &quot;beauty&quot; or &quot;legibility&quot; of letter characters is similarly fashion-oriented.  The only thing the &quot;studies&quot; about what &quot;works&quot; better in various circumstances proves, is the bias of those who do the measuring.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s hard for us to really comprehend, but the Victorians believed that those sticky, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/4488282794401238723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/4488282794401238723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1175226000000#c4488282794401238723' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-655819229132193153</id><published>2007-03-29T01:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-29T01:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The problem with setting a large amount of body te...</title><summary type='text'>The problem with setting a large amount of body text in a sans-serif font, even one as proportional, chiseled and elegant as Gill Sans, or Optima, is that the eye wearies after awhile. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Study after study has supported the ideas that: 1. serif fonts are easier to read for long prose works; 2. sans-serif fonts as easier to read as display type.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;More recent studies have led </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/655819229132193153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/655819229132193153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1175146440000#c655819229132193153' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='20' height='32' src='http://www.arthurdurkee.net/images/ADSTICK1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1315265054"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1884962934048155219</id><published>2007-03-29T01:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-29T01:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Type design is only partially a function of taste,...</title><summary type='text'>Type design is only partially a function of taste, historical or otherwise, in that ALL design is only partially a function of taste. Some designs endure because they are elegant, enduring solutions.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Larry Eigner worked on a typewriter, yes. Which means perhaps that a monospace typewriter font might be based for setting his poems, in order to actually present them as he intended, without</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/1884962934048155219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/1884962934048155219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1175145900000#c1884962934048155219' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='20' height='32' src='http://www.arthurdurkee.net/images/ADSTICK1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1315265054"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6196141221108773144</id><published>2007-03-27T10:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-27T10:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I used Charcoal for my own book, and I like it a l...</title><summary type='text'>I used Charcoal for my own book, and I like it a lot.  It reminds me a little of Eric Gill&#39;s font(s), actually the whole feel of British sans serif.  It has a certain cleanliness.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Serifs carry a lot of baggage.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think we have to remember that fonts (type) design is a function of taste, and taste changes over time.  Even handwriting styles do.  The Victorian typography oddly </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/6196141221108773144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/6196141221108773144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1175004180000#c6196141221108773144' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4740168832616643329</id><published>2007-03-27T00:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-27T00:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Arial is at least a legible screen-font, which was...</title><summary type='text'>Arial is at least a legible screen-font, which was part of its original intention.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Helvetica has become the single most over-used font of the past 40 years. It&#39;s abyssmal how often you see it used thoughtlessly, badly, and carelessly. As a font designer and typographer myself (yeah, I wear a lot of hats, but this is one that actually earns me an occasional income), I have been working on</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/4740168832616643329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/4740168832616643329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1174971360000#c4740168832616643329' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='20' height='32' src='http://www.arthurdurkee.net/images/ADSTICK1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1315265054"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-982479722221156703</id><published>2007-03-26T12:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-26T12:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>SPD&#39;s sales are skewed by large orders.  If someon...</title><summary type='text'>SPD&#39;s sales are skewed by large orders.  If someone orders 10 copies of a book by some author, it isn&#39;t ten orders, or ten people ordering.  It&#39;s just one.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;SPD doesn&#39;t as a rule fill very large orders.  It&#39;s never been a money-making apparatus, and I doubt it ever would be.  Underground literature is exactly what it means:  No publicity, no sales, no profits.  It&#39;s only later--10, 15, 25</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/982479722221156703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/982479722221156703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1174925220000#c982479722221156703' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8550527295491433476</id><published>2007-03-25T17:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-25T17:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This blog is almost entirely in Arial.Ron</title><summary type='text'>This blog is almost entirely in Arial.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/8550527295491433476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/8550527295491433476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1174857360000#c8550527295491433476' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 25, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8030057259369224997</id><published>2007-03-25T14:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-25T14:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks Shanna for the info about Eunoia. I guess t...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks Shanna for the info about &lt;I&gt;Eunoia&lt;/I&gt;. I guess the best hypothesis now is that copies of the new printing of the book were received at SPD, which was thenable to fill a relatively large number of backorders, thus putting the book # 1 for the month.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/8030057259369224997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/8030057259369224997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1174847280000#c8030057259369224997' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 25, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-466776593666254495</id><published>2007-03-25T13:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-25T13:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I’ve done stuff with Arial at work sometimes.  Doe...</title><summary type='text'>I’ve done stuff with Arial at work sometimes.  Does that make me a traitor?  I guess I just associate Helvetica with all the Macs I had in high school that didn’t work.  Sometimes I find myself judging the inside of books by their type design and font too.  It’s all our visual culture’s fault!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have to comment on the Fama comment – while it’s definitely sad that the amount of time </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/466776593666254495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/466776593666254495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1174842180000#c466776593666254495' title=''/><author><name>julia</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18410402119692777354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-831338159"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 25, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1356511280858099848</id><published>2007-03-24T23:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T23:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>FONT POINT (for E.D.)Arialhopefully not Arieltypec...</title><summary type='text'>FONT POINT (for E.D.)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Arial&lt;BR/&gt;hopefully not Ariel&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;typecast:&lt;BR/&gt;ears to hear&lt;BR/&gt;eyes to see</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/1356511280858099848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/1356511280858099848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1174794540000#c1356511280858099848' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7266559054779062735</id><published>2007-03-24T23:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T23:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tossing in a few more additions for Tom&#39;s Glossary...</title><summary type='text'>Tossing in a few more additions for Tom&#39;s Glossary of Book Publishing Terms:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;PERMISSIONS MANAGER &lt;BR/&gt;&quot;An intellectual property and contract law specialist who is unable to pass the bar&quot; OR become an agent &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;BOOK CLUB&lt;BR/&gt;The bar where Bret Easton Ellis seduces the young editor boys from Random House&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;TYPO&lt;BR/&gt;The excuse used by publishing executives for taking a leave of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/7266559054779062735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/7266559054779062735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1174794480000#c7266559054779062735' title=''/><author><name>barnes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18245811513028331681</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-427946957"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-377680375584027753</id><published>2007-03-24T21:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T21:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>no art is worth more than the wrap it was painted ...</title><summary type='text'>no art is worth more than the wrap it was painted on. if I had the green to buy that rothko I would dump it, with the rest of those AE paintings into the E. River-house the homeless, feed the hungry- please stop this shit.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/377680375584027753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/377680375584027753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1174785900000#c377680375584027753' title=''/><author><name>olgastamata</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04903202618195858141</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1991341245"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9102977246369619861</id><published>2007-03-24T15:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T15:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>eunoia has been unavailable for a while and was ju...</title><summary type='text'>eunoia has been unavailable for a while and was just rereleased.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/9102977246369619861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/9102977246369619861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1174765560000#c9102977246369619861' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.shannacompton.com/shanna.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7576240532268134016</id><published>2007-03-24T14:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T14:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>20 percent of Americans are functionally illiterat...</title><summary type='text'>20 percent of Americans are functionally illiterate.  That&#39;s depressing. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Add to that aliteracy: knowing how to read, but not doing it. A May 14, 2001 article in the &lt;I&gt;Washington Post&lt;/I&gt; (by Linton Weeks, you can google it up) reported: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;According to the survey firm NDP Group -- which tracked the everyday habits of thousands of people through the 1990s -- this country is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/7576240532268134016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/7576240532268134016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1174760700000#c7576240532268134016' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8291974423619194707</id><published>2007-03-24T11:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T11:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The SPD best-seller list is a puzzler, even more s...</title><summary type='text'>The SPD best-seller list is a puzzler, even more so because the number of each title sold isn&#39;t reported.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I love &lt;I&gt;Eunoia&lt;/I&gt;.  But why would it rocket to #1 on SPD&#39;s February 2007 top-30 chart?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There&#39;s no obvious reason. It was published years ago and hasn&#39;t appeared anywhere on the SPD charts the last 10 months.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Of course, it&#39;s great that &lt;I&gt;Eunoia&lt;/I&gt; continues </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/8291974423619194707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4792827118059717521/comments/default/8291974423619194707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html?showComment=1174751460000#c8291974423619194707' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/happy-50-th-birthday-helvetica-scourge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4792827118059717521' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4792827118059717521' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 24, 2007"/></entry></feed>