That's actually a common misconception. There's no proof the proportions of Parthenon especially exhibit the golden ratio, neither do the proportions of the hum

That's actually a common misconception. There's no proof the proportions of Parthenon especially exhibit the golden ratio, neither do the proportions of the human body. Not to mention that there are so many body parts to compare to each other lengthwise, that it's inevitable some will end up close to 1.618. According the Wikipedia article for the golden ratio, there's a few places where it might show, but nothing too conclusive. In my opinion, it's just make-belief, people want to believe in a mysterious and divine constant guiding nature. I don't know a lot about typography, but I see no reason whatsoever to use the golden ratio to determine the proportions between sizes. 1: http://measureofdoubt.com/2011/08/29/lies-and-legends-about-the-golden-ratio/ http://measureofdoubt.com/2011/08/29/lies-and-legends-about-... 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions#Mathematics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions#M...