![]() Typography - and more generally Graphic Design and Layout - is just like that, except WAY more people think they can put together a nice worship aide or programme than think they can play the organ. People who aren't musicians think that pretty much anyone who can carry a tune or fake it on a keyboard is qualified to be a parish Music Director- and as long as the quality isn't EGREGIOUS there is no way for them to realize that someone with a better sense of vocal blend or a better handle on chant rhythm would have a huge impact on the quality of the liturgy and the effect that has on the community. These things affect people, but people are blithely unaware of why they distrusted a website or believed the claims in some magazine. Dictionaries tend to use particular fonts, newspapers other fonts, etc. Self-published books (until recently) always seemed a little cheap and weird, but most people couldn't put their finger on why - it was usually the font and other type-setting factors. Some fonts cause people to read faster, other fonts slower. Some fonts have shown to increase comprehension, others to decrease it. They say they don't like the organ because they've only heard it played boorishly. People blame boring text when the tempo is too slow. And if he does guess, he's likely to be wrong. He can't tell you what it was that caused his boredom or his fervor. has the best collection of free fonts anywhere. Most of these fonts are free but be sure to check the license before using them for your church. Use the categories to narrow down your search. KOMI Porcelain Catholic Holy Water Font Sacred Heart of Jesus Holy Water Fonts for Entrance of Home Church Wall Hanging Decor Great Gift for First Communion. The non-musician does KNOW any of those things, but the effects are still there. Search for 1000s of free fonts to use for all your design needs. Now- obviously, there are a lot of non-musical things that contribute to any of those effects.īut we ALL KNOW (I assume) that a change in registration can mean the difference between boredom and fervor, that a tempo a shade too fast or a shade too slow can drastically change the character of a piece, that a slightly out of tune instrument causes headaches. He leaves Mass either feeling great, or not. Imagine a non-musician goes to Mass and tries to sing the music when appropriate and tries to listen prayerfully when appropriate. The same reason organists get all interested and passionate about registration and voicing. Really, what am I missing? Why are fonts so important? No sarcasm intended. I mean, fonts can look nice and clean, or goofy and silly, but I don't understand the seriousness with which some of you are discussing these.
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