Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts
1–10 of 195 posts
Re: Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts
#2In case it's not entirely clear, the font ridicules the practice of gerrymandering: toying with electoral district borders so that the results favor the incumbent while corralling the voters of the adversaries.
So extensive is this practice that the resulting shapes can approximate any letter of the alphabet. Quite readable too.
Re: Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts
#3FiveThirtyEight did a great podcast series on gerrymandering in 2017 [1]. It turns out to be a much more complicated topic than I expected. Some gerrymandering is even legally required to ensure proper representation of minority groups even if they live in somewhat distributed communities.
Re: Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts
#4Here's a good explanation with a graphic.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/01/this-...
Re: Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts
#5This looks cute. Does the author expect to actually bring about any result by creating it? I see a Twitter link for various reps, but there's no link to any funded campaign to overturn recent legislation which has enshrined gerrymandering as the standard practice for districting. Perhaps if there was a donation link there it might be of more benefit.
On the other hand, a political statement in a font is a very interesting idea. I hope it helps drive a campaign to normalize legal districting in the future.
Re: Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts
#6Not saying Ontario's EDs are bias-free but the difference is just day and night when you've got an independent body delineating them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Centre_(provincial_ele...
#/media/File:Toronto_Centre_in_relation_to_the_other_Toronto_ridings_(2015_boundaries).png){kind=link}
Re: Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts
#7FiveThirtyEight did a great podcast series on gerrymandering in 2017 [1]. It turns out to be a much more complicated topic than I expected. Some gerrymandering is even legally required to ensure proper representation of minority groups even if they live in somewhat distributed communities. 1: https://fivethirtyeight.com/tag/gerrymandering-podcast/
[deleted]
Re: Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts
#8How often is this font redrawn? Where's the changelog?
Re: Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts
#9Technically 'A', 'B', 'R', 'Y', 'Z' letters consist of two districts. Still, even with fewer single-district letters, the project proves a point.
Re: Ugly Gerry – Font created from congressional districts
#10Some time ago I wrote a coding challenge based on the concept of gerrymandering[0].