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JUST MY TYPE; A BOOK ABOUT FONTS
de Garfield, Simon
- Usado
- as new
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- As new/fine
- ISBN 10
- 1592406521
- ISBN 13
- 9781592406524
- Librería
-
Columbia, Missouri, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Gotham Books, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. As new/fine. Gotham Books, 2011. first printing. 356pp., index, black and white illustrations and photographs. 8vo. As new hardcover, Fine d/j (red portion on spine panel of d/j now faded to pink).
Sinopsis
A hugely entertaining and revealing guide to the history of type that asks, What does your favorite font say about you? Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product we buy. But where do fonts come from, and why do we need so many? Who is responsible for the staid practicality of Times New Roman, the cool anonymity of Arial, or the irritating levity of Comic Sans (and the movement to ban it)? Typefaces are now 560 years old, but we barely knew their names until about twenty years ago when the pull-down font menus on our first computers made us all the gods of type. Beginning in the early days of Gutenberg and ending with the most adventurous digital fonts, Simon Garfield explores the rich history and subtle powers of type. He goes on to investigate a range of modern mysteries, including how Helvetica took over the world, what inspires the seeming ubiquitous use of Trajan on bad movie posters, and exactly why the all-type cover of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus was so effective. It also examines why the "T" in the Beatles logo is longer than the other letters and how Gotham helped Barack Obama into the White House. A must-have book for the design conscious, Just My Type 's cheeky irreverence will also charm everyone who loved Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Schott's Original Miscellany .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 107341
- Título
- JUST MY TYPE; A BOOK ABOUT FONTS
- Autor
- Garfield, Simon
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1592406521
- ISBN 13
- 9781592406524
- Editorial
- Gotham Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2011
- Palabras clave
- Books About Books
Términos de venta
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Books are returnable for a refund
if not as described.
Sobre el vendedor
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Columbia, Missouri
Sobre Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
30,000 books in stock, with special emphasis on gardening,
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
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