{"id":3828,"date":"2011-07-21T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T04:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2011-07-21T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T04:26:00","slug":"the-gandhiji-font","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-gandhiji-font\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gandhiji Font"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labnol.org\/india\/gandhi-font\/19827\/\" title=\"The Gandhi Font -- Amit Agarwal\">Via Digital Inspiration<\/a>, I discover that some designers have created a font called the Gandhiji font, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi&#8217;s round glasses. Here&#8217;s what it looks like:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wrap-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/uploads\/images\/gandhi_font1_thumb.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"425\" height=\"317\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ironically for something inspired by a man known for his non-violence, I find this to be a violent font. It&#8217;s intrusive and actively disturbs me as a reader. Can you imagine reading a paragraph in this font, leave alone a book? <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d rather see a font inspired by Dolly Parton, actually. That would also be hard to read, but at least it might be somewhat more soothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labnol.org\/india\/gandhi-font\/19827\/\" title=\"The Gandhi Font -- Amit Agarwal\">Via Digital Inspiration<\/a>, I discover that some designers have created a font called the Gandhiji font, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi&#8217;s round glasses. Here&#8217;s what it looks like:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded image]<\/p>\n<p>Ironically for something inspired by a man known for his non-violence, I find this to be a violent font. It&#8217;s intrusive and actively disturbs me as a reader. Can you imagine reading a paragraph in this font, leave alone a book? <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d rather see a font inspired by Dolly Parton, actually. 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