via Typophile
Just as “CD” can mean one thing to a banker and quite
another to a music-lover, so too, the term “brackets” can have quite unrelated
meanings to different people.
For example, I travel in circles where “brackets” are simply
typographic characters. They come in straight and curly varieties and vary from
typeface to typeface.
But for most of the population, “brackets” is the diagram
for the elimination tournament of the NCAA Basketball Championships. “March
Madness,” as it’s called, (and which also has a whole other meaning), must be
what happens when you watch 32 college teams play 67 games.
Far less lucrative to proprietors of sports bars, is the
other “March Madness,” which occurs amongst European hares. The elimination
tournament, which is especially frenzied during the month of March, is for the
prize of mating with the doe, whose receptivity for breeding is limited to only
a few hours during each of her six-week cycles.
A female will viciously fight off her suitors, giving them scarred ears. Hares have been observed to stand on their hind legs and hit each other with their paws, a practice known as "boxing" and this activity is usually between a female and a male and not between males as previously believed. When a doe is ready to mate, she will start a wild chase across the countryside, shaking off following males until only one remains. After this the female will stop and allow the remaining male to mate with her. Wikipedia
Why not try Book Antiqua?
Or you can pick a bracket style from the fabulous
Tor Weeks poster, A Field Guide to Typestaches.
Happy National Bracket Day!
(Whatever font you choose.)
