Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (580 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1592407463 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ives, Cornwall, and currently has a soft spot for Requiem Fine Roman and HT Galeria. He lives in London and St. . Simon Garfield is the author of twelve acclaimed books of nonfiction
Garfield’s humor and historical anecdotes add to his deep understanding of how something as simple as font choice can speak volumes about our cultural climate--and why it’s so easy to agonize over what font to use on a party invitation. Whether you’re already a font aficionado or can’t tell the difference between Times New Roman and Arial, this entertaining history will give you a greater appreciation of the typefaces that surround you every day. --Malissa Kent. Best Books of the Month, September 2011
But where do fonts come from and why do we need so many? Who is behind the businesslike subtlety of Times New Roman, the cool detachment of Arial, or the maddening lightness of Comic Sans (and the movement to ban it)? Simon Garfield embarks on a mission to answer these questions and more, and reveal what may be the very best and worst fonts in the world.Typefaces are now 560 years old, but we barely knew their names until about twenty years ago, when the pull-down font menus on our first computers made us all the gods of type. A delightfully inquisitive tour that explores the rich history and the subtle powers of fonts.Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and bu
Rob Hardy said Display Fonts, Invisible Fonts, and Font Wars. You are looking at it right now, and if it is doing its job, you don't even notice it. It might represent a creation that has taken centuries to come to its current state of perfection, or it might be something that a dedicated specialist worked on for years and brought out a decade ago. It represents artistry directed within a circumscribed realm. I am talking about the font in which these letters are presented. Thirty years ago, fonts were usually the interest of only a select few in the printing world, but now every computer is charged with fonts and everyone gets to be an am. Net said Informative, quirky writing with enough humor to make the. Informative, quirky writing with enough humor to make the history of typography interesting for those who really aren't into kerning. ;>. Five Stars Elwood Gilliland Already owned the book. It is one of my favorites. Bought this copy as a gift.