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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Garfield, Simon.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Garfield, Simon.       by title:      Just my type : a boo...       by call number:      686.224 G231j     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 686.224 G231j Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 686.224 G231j Adult books Checked out Jul 18, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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