By Accident or Design Challenges and Coincidences in My Life |
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| Author:
| Sassoon, Rosemary |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78320-866-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2018 |
| Publisher: | Intellect, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $54.95 |
Book Description:
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In this reflective autobiography, Rosemary Sassoon, a leading expert on handwriting and typography, looks back on her long and varied career, paying special attention to her unorthodox progression through a variety of fields. She details the route that took her from design to the educational and medical aspects of handwriting problems, then on to research and a PhD, and finally to working in the area of legibility in type design. In telling the story of an unusual and unusually...
More DescriptionIn this reflective autobiography, Rosemary Sassoon, a leading expert on handwriting and typography, looks back on her long and varied career, paying special attention to her unorthodox progression through a variety of fields. She details the route that took her from design to the educational and medical aspects of handwriting problems, then on to research and a PhD, and finally to working in the area of legibility in type design. In telling the story of an unusual and unusually successful life, Sassoon takes up a number of philosophical questions about what it is that comes together to form our characters, and what role chance and coincidence play in our lives.