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Garfield, Simon.
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Type and type-founding.
Graphic design (Typography)
Type and type-founding -- History.
Type and type-founding -- Social aspects.
Type and type-founding -- Psychological aspects.
Typographers -- Biography.
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Garfield, Simon.
Type and type-founding.
Graphic design (Typography)
Type and type-founding -- History.
Type and type-founding -- Social aspects.
Type and type-founding -- Psychological aspects.
Typographers -- Biography.
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Just my
type
: a book about fonts / Simon Garfield.
by
Garfield, Simon.
Gotham Books, 2011, c2010
Call #:
686.224 G231j
Subjects
Type
and
type-founding
.
Graphic design (Typography)
Type
and
type-founding
--
History.
Type
and
type-founding
--
Social
aspects
.
Type
and
type-founding
--
Psychological
aspects
.
Typographers
--
Biography.
ISBN:
9781592406524
1592406521
Description:
356 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2010.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-338) and index.
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
.
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.
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