Roman Font Announces Shortage Of Periods By Steve Martin
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I believe the essay “Time Roman Font Announces Shortage of Periods” by Steve Martin is extremely funny for many reasons. One reason is he makes it sound like this is a real emergency: “Representatives of the popular Times Roman font, who recently announced a shortage of periods…” (0). He says people have issued “emergency statements” to deal with this “crisis” (1). He also says that the people “most vulnerable” are writers who use “short, choppy sentences,” (0). He acts as though this is a major tragedy that affects many people. Another reason it is funny is he says people are volunteering to help deal with this catastrophe. He says that Times Roman font “has offered other substitutes- inverted commas, exclamation marks, and semicolons until