Just my type : a book about fonts / Simon Garfield.
Garfield, Simon.
2011
Z250 .G228 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Just my type : a book about fonts / Simon Garfield.
Author Garfield, Simon.
ISBN 9781592406524
1592406521
Publication Details New York : Gotham Books, [2011]
Language English
Description 356 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number Z250 .G228 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 686.224
Summary 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.
Note Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2010.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

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