Interpreters must write with lightness but never with levity

Evidence

Inscriptional matter should be written generally with lightness but never with levity. Get that clear distinction in your mind, and you save yourself from what is slangily called the corny. It is the light touch that brings the sunshine out of the cloud. — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 438

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes lightness (permissible, warming) from levity (fatal silliness), giving future interpreters a precise vocabulary for tone.
• XREF: connects to: Humor differs from wit by adding love to cleverness — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 434