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>I am currently co-editing "Alphabet", the journal for the San Francisco
>Friends of Calligraphy. I am searching for a writer, an article, a person
>who is knowledgeable about display fonts used in museum
>displays/exhibitions - especially on the wall. Has a typeface been designed
>specifically to be read on a wall? If so, which one(s).  If not, what
>typefaces are generally used?  I am often struck when visiting museums, how
>much type is presented to be read and wonder whether much thought has been
>given to the amount of reading the museum is suggesting the viewer to do. I
>personally think that there is too much - for we know it's much easier to
>sit down and read from a well-designed book...but maybe I am responding to
>the way the words are presented????  Any thoughts?   articles?   people
>versed in this issue?  Let me know.  Thanks!
Brooke Holve
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