International standard book number
9781846683015 (hbk.)
International standard book number
1846683017 (hbk.)
International standard book number
9781846683022 (pbk.)
Shelfmark
Qd.1
Author
Title
Just my type : a book about fonts / Simon Garfield.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Profile, 2010.
Physical description
352 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Introduction : love letters -- We don't serve your type -- Capital offence -- Legibility vs readability -- Can a font make me popular? -- The hands of unlettered men -- The ampersand's final twist -- Baskerville is dead (long live baskerville) -- Tunnel visions -- What is it about the Swiss? -- Road akzidenz -- DIY -- What the font? -- Can a font be German, or Jewish? -- American Scottish -- Gotham is go -- Pirates and clones -- The clamour from the past -- Breaking the rules -- The serif of Liverpool -- Fox, gloves -- The worst fonts in the world -- Just my type.
Copy-specific note
Reference collection.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Uc.6.
Subject
Type and type-founding History.
Subject
Graphic design (Typography)
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51500