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Just my type : a book about fonts

Author: Simon Garfield
Publisher: New York : Gotham Books, [2011]
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A romp through the history of fonts and the lives of the great typographers, revealing the extent to which fonts are not only shaped by but also define the world in which we live.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Simon Garfield
ISBN: 9781592406524 1592406521
OCLC Number: 706017795
Notes: Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2010.
Description: 356 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Introduction : love letters --
We don't serve your type --
Capital offence ; Gill Sans --
Legibility vs readability ; Albertus --
Can a font make me popular? ; Futura v Verdana --
The hands of unlettered men ; Doves --
The ampersand's final twist --
Baskerville is dead (long live Baskerville) ; Mrs. Eaves & Mr. Eaves --
Tunnel visions --
What is it about the Swiss? ; Frutiger --
Road Akzidenz --
DIY --
What the font? --
Can a font be German, or Jewish? ; Futura --
American Scottish ; Moderns, Egyptians, and fat faces --
Gotham is go --
Pirates and clones ; Optima --
The clamour from the past ; Sabon --
Breaking the rules ; The interrobang --
The Serif of Liverpool ; Vendôme --
Fox, gloves --
The worst fonts in the world --
Just my type.
Responsibility: Simon Garfield.

Abstract:

A romp through the history of fonts and the lives of the great typographers, revealing the extent to which fonts are not only shaped by but also define the world in which we live.

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