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Title
Just my type : a book about fonts
Published
New York : Gotham Books, 2011.
Description
356 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Call Number
686.2 G231 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)706017795
Note
"First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Profile Books"--Title verso.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-335) and index.
Contents: Foreword / by Chipp Kidd -- 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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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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-335) and index.
Contents: Foreword / by Chipp Kidd -- 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.
L2013G23
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