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Just My Type: A Book about Fonts

Paperback • 2012 • English

Just My Type: A Book about Fonts

By Simon Garfield

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About the book

A delightfully inquisitive tour that explores the rich history and the subtle powers of fonts. Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product that we buy. 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 qu...Show more

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9781592407460

Publisher

Gotham Books

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Just My Type: A Book about Fonts

Format

Paperback

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