designed by the English typesetter Anna Black

in 1979. Combining the light

verticals of modern fonts with the stark,

uncaring strokes of late Italianate

designs, it has provoked a variety of

responses, ranging from murderous rage

to unbounded joy. While romantics love

its serifs, saying they surely constitute

proof of the immortality of the soul,

God's unending love, the certainty

that Good will triumph, skeptics disagree,

noting its demeanor leaves one cold,

its beauty strikes the finest singers mute.