I Have (Not) Read and Agree to the Terms of Use

What's black and white and not read all over? Terms of use, according to a Guardian article reporting that 73% of people don't study the fine print. This fact prompted graphic designer Cleber de Campos to publish a digital broadsheet newspaper as a 'typographical critique of things I agreed to without reading.'

I Have (Not) Read and Agree to the Terms of Use was conceived as a university project during Cleber's studies at UAL: London College of Communication. He recently reprinted the publication for inclusion in a newspaper exhibition at Collectif Blanc in Montreal.

The newspaper presents the terms of use of major social networks (Facebook, Tumblr, Linkedin, Pinterest, and Twitter) in a new light. By subverting design tactics used to make text undesirable to the reader, Cleber transforms dull writing into a dynamic typographic experiment. His manipulation of type reveals sinister implications behind mundane documents.

Cleber says newsprint was a perfect fit for the nature of the project. He chose a big broadsheet newspaper to contrast the "digital immateriality" of online text. And seeing that text set against the familiar scale of a broadsheet makes the lengthy policies all the more jarring.

I Have (Not) Read and Agree to the Terms of Use is a clever and unsettling study of visual language. And it's surely the most fun you can have reading terms and conditions.

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