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27%OFFSimon Garfield - Just My Type: A Book About Fonts - 9781846683022 - V9781846683022
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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

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Description for Just My Type: A Book About Fonts Paperback. Describes how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world; why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco; the pivotal moment when fonts left the world of Letraset and were loaded onto computers; and more. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372.
Just My Type is not just a font book, but a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco. About the great originators of type, from Baskerville to Zapf, or people like Neville Brody who threw out the rulebook, or Margaret Calvert, who invented the motorway signs that are used from Watford Gap to Abu Dhabi. About the pivotal moment when fonts left the world of Letraset and were loaded onto computers ... and typefaces became something we ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846683022
SKU
V9781846683022
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98

About Simon Garfield
Simon Garfield is the author of twelve acclaimed books of non-fiction including Mauve, The Error World and The Nation's Favourite. His edited diaries from the Mass Observation Archive - Our Hidden Lives, We Are At War and Private Battles - were bestsellers, and his study of Aids in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham prize. He lives ... Read more

Reviews for Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Brilliant ... whether you're a graphics geek or have never given a second thought to what you're reading, don't miss this quirky, fact-filled font fest.
Lauren Laverne
Grazia
Reading this book may just change your life; it'll certainly make you smile. If nothing else, it'll make you appreciate the beauty - and sometimes the horror - that ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Just My Type: A Book About Fonts


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