How Does This Font Make You Feel? | HUR Reads
By Wim Langedijk for HURS
How Does This Font Make You Feel?
HUR Reads is our definitive shortlist of the most prominent articles from around the web.
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The Hostess Who Kept Their Secret
A great long read by writer Eliza Gray. Gray tells the story of Grace Faison, a 97-year-old woman who housed those seeking illegal abortions in the late ‘60s. The article tells the tale of Grace Faison’s life, how she got to help women who were seeking abortions, and how she feels about Roe. We love the last paragraph, where Grey talks about how women just get on with it. She writes: “I think about the quiet way women have always made cracks in the system designed to keep them down. Men announce their activism on the front page of the New York Times. Women just get on with it and keep it a secret for 50 years until someone from church invites them to tell their story.”
THE CUT
Writer Sara Guaglione speaks to Vox Media’s Camilla Cho, SVP of e-commerce, on the publisher’s commerce newsletter expansion. The media company is working on identifying the titles, newsletters and franchises that are most suitable for the addition of shopping content. According to Cho, it’s all about finding a good mix of a healthy subscriber base and engagement. Guaglione asks Cho about her strategy on selecting the right titles, and why Vox is making moves into the commerce space.
DIGIDAY
The British Museum is hosting the exhibition “Feminine power: the divine to the demonic,” which explores the representations and interpretations of womanhood. Female deities, demons and religious figures have been a big source of artistic inspiration, but are often shown through the male gaze and patriarchal ideas of womanhood. The exhibition shows the ways that female artists have been reclaiming the narratives of divine women through their own lens. Writer Cath pound speaks with Lucy Dahlsen who co-curated the exhibition.
ARTSY
Any website or publication that uses Comic Sans by choice, I can’t take seriously. Maybe that’s judgemental but typefaces are important. Luckily I’m not the only one who has strong feelings towards certain types. In this article writer Elissaveta M. Brandon explains her dislike for the Courier font - and you know what? I get it. How typefaces impact emotions remains largely unstudied, but a new report suggests that different fonts make us feel different emotions. Next to the findings from the study, Brandon interviews several industry professionals on their take on typography, and the meanings they convey.
FAST COMPANY
Apparently we’re all loving cobalt blue. Our branding should tell you that we do too. Lia Picard dives into the color’s history in fashion, design and art. What we enjoy about The New York Times’ reporting, is that they always back a trend piece up with numbers. The article states that 1stDibs conducted a survey where 750 participating designers identified cobalt blue as the top blue of the year, while the RealReal has seen a 35 percent increase in demand for cobalt blue pieces since the second half of 2021. Picard also speaks to different creatives on their newly found love for the blue hue.