"Writing for the page is only one form of writing for the eye. Wherever solemn inscriptions are put up in public places, there is a sense that the site and the occasion demand a form of writing which goes beyond plain informative prose. Each word is so valued that the letters forming it are seen as objects of solemn beauty."

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Source : "The eyes have it" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2002.

James Fenton

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