Obviously folks design things to convey a message, political bumper stickers not least of all. So this analysis of the standard Bush v. Kerry stickers is sort of interesting.
Is it relevant, though? Does the public really pay attention to some of these typographic and design niceties? Obviously there’s thought to be some correlation, since otherwise the candidates just throw out basic black Times Roman on a white background, but is there a point where the distinctions between colors and font selection becomes lost on the body politic? Is there a point where the distinction becomes simply unconscious? And how much info actually gets conveyed at that point?
I dunno. But it’s still kind of fun to see how much some folks read into (or out of) these sorts of things.
Is there supposed to be an image in this post? There’s a space that’s blank except for “bush_kerry.jpg,” and a tool tip there says “Bumper snickers.”
Yeah, that’ll teach me to post without reviewing the results. (Mutter mutter mutter)