Just My Type: A Book about Fonts. Simon Garfield

Just My Type: A Book about Fonts


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ISBN: 9781592406524 | 356 pages | 9 Mb


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Just My Type: A Book about Fonts Simon Garfield
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated



Simon Garfield's tour of fonts, Just My Type, is a rollicking, sometimes snarky social history of the design decisions behind lettering from Gutenberg to the iPad. I'm a big advocate of reading and while I find it hard to dig into books as much as I would like, every once in awhile there is a book that just catches my eye and begs to be read. This is a lavishly cared for book. Simon Garfield, unlike his lazy, pie-thieving namesake, has produced a carefully detailed, conscientious account of compelling typographical discourse. Now, I know what you're thinking. Just My Type: a book about fonts by Simon Garfield. A good section of Just My Type is devoted to how Helvetica took over the font world. Typography is something I love. After reading this book I will never look at signs the same way again. Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield is a nonfiction book about fonts. And yes, this is something a little different to what I normally read. Title: Just My Type: A Book About Fonts Author: Simon Garfield Publisher: Profile Books Rating: 4 stars. As a young man searching for something interesting to study, he audited a calligraphy class at Reed College.





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