In the essay, “Times Roman Font Announces Shortage of Periods”, author Steve Martin attempts to be funny by using sarcasm and irony. I did not find this essay to be particularly humorous at all. He starts of the story by stating, “Representatives of the popular Times Roman font, who recently announced a shortage of periods, have offered other substitutes” (1). That statement is what the whole rest of the essay is about and I am having a very hard time to find the humor in a story about a font running out of periods. A font type doesn’t have anything to do with periods. I understand the sarcasm and irony in Martin’s story, I just don’t understand his use of sarcasm and irony is funny. The irony presented in the essay was the fact that the whole
