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Author:

Garfield, Simon.

Title:

Just my type [sound recording] : a book about fonts / Simon Garfield.

Format:

[sound recording] :

Edition:

Unabr. ed.

Publisher:

Tantor Media,

Copyright Date:

p2011

Description:

6 sound discs (ca. 7 hr.): digital; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Type and type-founding.
Graphic design (Typograph).
Type and type-founding--History.
Type and type-founding--Social aspect.
Type and type-founding--Psychological aspect.
Typographers--Biography.
Audiobooks.

Other Authors:

Jackson, Gildart.
Tantor Media (Firm).

Notes:

Read by Gildart Jackson

Contents:

introduction : love letters -- We don't serve your type -- Capital offence ; Gill Sans -- Legibility vs readability ; Albertus -- Can a font make me popular? ; Futura v Verdana -- The hands of unlettered men ; Doves -- The ampersand's final twist -- Baskerville is dead (long live Baskerville) ; Mrs. Eaves & Mr. Eaves -- Tunnel visions -- What is it about the Swiss? ; Frutiger -- Road Akzidenz -- DIY -- What the font? -- Can a font be German, or Jewish? ; Futura -- American Scottish ; Moderns, Egyptians, and fat faces -- Gotham is go -- Pirates and clones ; Optima -- The clamour from the past ; Sabon -- Breaking the rules ; The interrobang -- The Serif of Liverpool ; Vend̐ưome -- Fox, gloves -- The worst fonts in the world -- Just my type

Summary:

A romp through the history of fonts and the lives of the great typographers, revealing the extent to which fonts are not only shaped by but also define the world in which we live.

ISBN:

1452604517
9781452604510 : CMD:

Locations:

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)