“Done In Twenty-Six” [Reflections On Book - 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design Stephen Heller and Veronique Vienne - #74]
Old Gutenberg moved type around,
But borrowed scripts in Scripture’s found,
As penned in dim-lit cloister cells,
By monks with quills dipped in their wells.Then in the twenties, fifties, now,
Some others “sans serif” endowed
With alphabet (just twenty-six –
A mix of upper-lower picks).Who knows, with cursive down the drain,
So only printing-block remains
For kids, will this strip-down at last
To twenty-six – ignore the past?Excuse is, “Easy for the kids,
If alphabet they use is rid
Of upper-lower cases of
Same letter – texting shares their love.So kids these days won’t to read the past
Enshrined in libraries vast
(Which is their point) – Oh, Google it?
“Too vulnerable” comes to my lip.Like library in ancient days
At Alexandria – best way –
“All in one place, thus scholars use
Them quickly” – also quickly lose.Well, anyway, to me it’s gross;
Kids are not stupid – heaven knows
The beauty of some texts we have
Flow over us as scripted salve.“Dumb down our world to lowest rung”,
Such is the wisdom of the ones
Who short-term see, ignore the past;
Thus ancient issues are re-cast.Thanks Lord for this.
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