Tribute to Li Hung Chang, The Sunday Call, 1901
Date
November 1901
Format
- Newspaper 1071
Type of Work
- Finished work 5467
- Article(s) 193
Publishers
Techniques
- letterpress printing 94
- printing 404
Locations Made
- United States 616
- California 226
- San Francisco 117
The Sunday Call newspaper in San Francisco published a tribute dedicated to Li Hung Chang, an influential statesman and diplomat, upon his death in November 1901. The font chosen for headers is known as Chop Suey font, historically associated with harmful stereotypes emphasizing the exotic otherness of Chinese and other Asians. The usage of this font in the context of a tribute presents a contradiction, and brings attention to the question of whether or not a font can be, in and of itself, racist.
The Sunday Call, 1901