Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Download

Just My Type

A Book about Fonts

Just My Type( )
Author: Garfield, Simon
ISBN:978-1-59240-746-0
Publication Date:Sep 2012
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Avery
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $18.00
Book Description:

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...
More Description

Book Details
Pages:384
Detailed Subjects: Design / Graphic Arts / Typography
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.52 x 8.2 x 0.8 Inches
Book Weight:0.75 Pounds
Author Biography
Garfield, Simon (Author)
Simon Garfield is the author of several acclaimed books, including "The End of the Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS", winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. He lives in London.

010



Featured Books

American Demon
Stashower, Daniel
Paperback: $20.00
Prequel
Maddow, Rachel
Hardback: $32.00
Parable of the Sower
Butler, Octavia E.
Paperback: $19.99

Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.