Font Types: Affecting Meaning
http://www.senseandusability.com/index.php?view=article&catid=34%3Atechnical-communication&id=50%3Afont-type-2&option=com_content&Itemid=61

Lanier, Clinton
sense and usability
2007

Abstract:

In the first lesson on font type I highlighted how they can be used to make information easier to understand, and how the look of the font accomplishes that. Here I'd like to discuss how fonts can actually affect the meaning of that information.