As a person who has had an office job for more years than I care to share with much of my past jobs having been involved in creating various presentations, the way letters and words appear are important to me. And for those of you who may not be computer savvy, the reference to "font" is the description of how the letters are formatted (bold, italics, etc) and the style of them.

At work one day, a co-worker mentioned to another co-worker that I was a “born again” Christian. That person, who also was a Christian, said that they thought I was probably one. And flippantly I remarked, “You thought? If I may be the only Bible you can read, my font must be awfully small!”

Through the next several days and weeks I could not let go of that thought. Was my font in tiny 8 point letters? Was it readable at all? Maybe not only small but in some obscure unrecognizable script?

I started looking at people as though they were a written copy of the Bible. Were those who read the King James Version a traditional Times New Roman print? I imagined those dedicated to the New International Version would relay their messages in a standard Ariel font. And those who read the contemporary versions could possibly be an easy to read and pleasing to the eye, Verdana type.

When the pastor preaches, I see him using several different fonts. At times soft smooth monotype corsiva leading into strong powerful PosterBodoni BT! Then back to an anecdotal Comic Sans and ending with a prayerful Calligrapher font.

One night I was at, of all things, a poetry read. Oh my goodness, the fonts there were too numerous to note. Some were loud, some soft, some unassuming while others were just plain fun! None of these fonts represented the Lord (I was hoping mine might) and most just the opposite, except one young girl about 14 years old. She waited until everyone had finished reading and she shared an excerpt of what she had written about how important Christ was in her life.

And it was sweet and beautiful.

If only my font could be so simple, so direct and so bold.

by Phyllis Ducey
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Note below all the variety of fonts used in these great shops belonging to our CAST Team members! Take a few minutes to check out their shops, heart them and start thinking about Mother's day!