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Just My Type : A Book about Fonts by Simon Garfield (2011, CD, Unabridged)

Simon Garfield | ISBN-10: 1452654514 | ISBN-13: 9781452654515
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    Product description
    Synopsis
    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 that we buy. But where do they 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 t

    Product Identifiers
    ISBN-101452654514
    ISBN-139781452654515

    Key Details
    AuthorSimon Garfield
    Edition DescriptionUnabridged
    FormatCD
    Publication Date2011-09-30
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Incorporated

    Additional Details
    Number of Volumes1 vol.
    Copyright Date2011

    Dimensions
    Weight3 Oz
    Height0.6 In.
    Width5.3 In.
    Length7.5 In.

    Target Audience
    GroupTrade

    Classification Method
    Dewey Decimal686.224
    Dewey Edition22

    Contributors
    Narrated byGildart Jackson

    eBay Product ID: EPID109565219
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