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Simon Garfield - Just My Type, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

Just My Type

The original and best book about fonts

Av Simon Garfield

153 kr

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Beskrivning
'Don't miss this' Lauren Laverne, Grazia'Reading this book may just change your life ... it'll make you appreciate the beauty - and sometimes the horror - that is all around you' Time OutJust My Type is a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco. About the great originators of type, from Baskerville to Zapf, or people like Neville Brody who threw out the rulebook. About the pivotal moment when fonts left the world of Letraset and were loaded onto computers and typefaces became something we realised we all have an opinion about. Quirky, obsessive and enthralling, Just My Type reveals what may be the very best and worst fonts in the world - and what your choice of font says about you. 'If you have ever looked at the drop-down menu in Word and wondered what a Garamond is, or what's meant to be new about Times New Roman, Garfield will be just your type' Daily Telegraph
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2011-09-22
  • Mått: 128 x 197 x 25 mm
  • Vikt: 380 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 352
  • Förlag: Profile Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781846683022
  • Utmärkelser: Winner of British Book Design and Production Awards 2011 (UK)
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Simon Garfield is the author of twelve acclaimed books of non-fiction including Mauve, The Error World and The Nation's Favourite. His edited diaries from the Mass Observation Archive - Our Hidden Lives, We Are At War and Private Battles - were bestsellers, and his study of Aids in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham prize. He lives in London and St Ives, Cornwall.

Recensioner i media

Brilliant ... whether you're a graphics geek or have never given a second thought to what you're reading, don't miss this quirky, fact-filled font fest.

Betyg & recensioner

2 recensioner, genomsnitt 4/5

  1. 4/5 Lars

    Sträckläste den här, fast på svenska ("Precis min typ"). Retade mej på att översättningen var konstig bitvis. T ex var "ink" översatt med bläck, något som hör till bläckstråleskrivare och reservoarpennor. I tidningar och böcker heter det tryckfärg.

    Sen köpte jag den på engelska för att jämföra.

  2. 4/5 Simone L

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