I started the practice of putting passages of quoted material in italics at the suggestion of the estimable Echidne of the Snakes when I was her weekend fill-in writer. I didn't like how it looked in just italics so I put the italics in bold and still think it's an excellent way to differentiate between what is my fault and what isn't the fault of those I quote.
I started putting the initial letters of paragraphs in bold and the first letter in a post in bold large font when I read the book Ogily On Advertising, he said it made it easier for someone to navigate text. When I decided to go san-serif I found I didn't like the look of it as well but kept it for the initial letter. I think if several of the idiots who troll me hadn't snarked about me doing it I might have dropped it entirely by now but I figure if they don't like it it at least has the merit of annoying them. I figure this has to be fun for me, since I don't make any money out of it
Update: And here's another one, apparently I'm to be faulted for having read the front material of a book I've read and written about. What's that, like that old rule of faux-etiquette that you weren't supposed to eat the parsley garnish? Hey, if I paid for the friggin' book, I'm reading every word of it, Bud.
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