tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post2919497072966497477..comments2024-03-18T13:08:09.061-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: About ChowhoundsJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-41489793157000459302014-07-06T16:12:53.425-04:002014-07-06T16:12:53.425-04:00It's not the typeface! It's that the sort ...It's not the typeface! It's that the sort of writing I do here in the Slog is totally different. <br /><br />Outside this sleepy little blog, I write delicious prose for readers to devour and enjoy. I put considerable effort into keeping eyes reading, which involves lots of clever cajoling and seduction. I work overtime so readers don't have to work at all. It reads like butter.<br /><br />Here, my aim is the opposite. I'm trying to provoke thoughts; to unsettle, to get readers to question assumptions and view things through unfamiliar lenses. I'm deliberately obtuse, demanding a spirit of partnership from readers if they're to fully parse my thoughts. It reads like an obstacle course.<br /><br />Neither's "the good stuff". It's just different....and would be so regardless of typeface!<br /><br /><a href="http://jimleff.blogspot.com/2014/05/writers-as-clownsplus-george-benson.html" rel="nofollow">More on this, if curious.</a><br />Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-37842594331457931662014-07-06T15:06:01.007-04:002014-07-06T15:06:01.007-04:00Those archived Chowhound pieces, set beautifully i...Those archived Chowhound pieces, set beautifully in a smaller-sized Courier(?) typeface, are such a pleasure to read. (Yes, this is only a quibble about aesthetics -- not content!) For reasons I can't fully explain, those essays command my full attention and I must devour every word. You could be writing about the history of Lithuanian zoning laws and I would read, re-read and savor every single word. <br /><br />The current typeface on the Slog is relatively unappealing, and thus unfairly limits my enthusiasm about visiting here as frequently. Are there other options? Does anyone sympathize? I realize this is an extraordinarily superficial complaint, but I wanted to express in no uncertain terms that textual appearance matters. There's a pun about a *font* of wisdom somewhere....<br /><br />- Joey in AmarilloAdalsiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262426558554341615noreply@blogger.com