Tribute to Li Hung Chang, The Sunday Call, 1901
Date
November 1901
Format
- Newspaper 1193
Type of Work
- Finished work 5481
- Article(s) 194
Publishers
Techniques
- letterpress printing 96
- printing 434
Locations Made
- United States 727
- California 230
- 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