Introduction -- Computer Pictures Before Computer Graphics -- Domesticated Aliens: Machine-readable Typefaces in Popular Culture and Beyond -- The Multisensory Dot Matrix Printer -- Type Hate and the Discourse of Comic Sans -- Common Themes and Concluding Remarks.
Summary:
"Through a close examination of the material and visual culture found online, Wagner offers a contextualizing historiography that takes the reader from the art of ASCII to hatred of Comic Sans. By combining design history, visual, and material culture, this book offers a new glimpse into the role of letter form and typographical structure in the history of digital culture"-- Provided by publisher.
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