"These three interconnected palimpsest essays recount: (1) the backstory of a 'meta' font recently updated by Dexter Sinister and used to typeset the Contemporary Condition, (2) a broad history of the rationalization of letterforms that considers the same typeface from a 'higher point of disinterest,' and (3) a pending proposal for a sundial designed to operate in parallel physical and digital realms. Along the way, they contemplate the ambiguous nature of our shared idea of time itself"--Back cover.
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