Just my type a book about fonts

By:

Garfield, Simon

Publication details: New York Avery 2012Description: xxviii,356pISBN:

9781592407460

DDC classification:

745.61 GAR

Contents:

Contents Foreword by Chip Kidd xii Introduction : Love Letters 1 Periodic Table of Typefaces 6-7 1 We don't serve you type 2. Capital Offence 22 Gill Sane 41 3 Legibility vs Readability 46 Albertus 62 4. Can a font make me popolari 65 Futura v Verdana 73 5 The Hands of Unlettered Man 77 Doves 84 6 The Ampersand's Final Twist 29 7 Baskerville is Dead Long Live Raskervilles Mrs Eaves & Mr Raves 106 8 Tunnel Visions 109 9 What is it about the Swas? 124 Frutiger 139 10 Road Akzidenz 143 11 DIY 158 12 What the font? 172 13 Can a font be German, or Jewish?180 Furura 193 14 American Scottish 196 Moderns, Egyptians and Fat Faces 15 Gotham is Go 208 16 Pirates and Clones 220 Optima 233 17 The Clamour from the Past 235 Sabon 251 18 Breaking the Rules 254 The Interrobang 268 19 The Serif of Liverpool 270 Vendôme 284 20 Fox, Gloves 286 21 The Worst Fonts in the World 296 22 Just My Type 313 Bibliography 333 Online 337 Acknowledgements 339 Font and image credits 343 Index 345

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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Contents
Foreword by Chip Kidd xii
Introduction : Love Letters 1
Periodic Table of Typefaces 6-7
1 We don't serve you type
2. Capital Offence 22
Gill Sane 41
3 Legibility vs Readability 46
Albertus 62
4. Can a font make me popolari 65
Futura v Verdana 73
5 The Hands of Unlettered Man 77
Doves 84
6 The Ampersand's Final Twist 29
7 Baskerville is Dead Long Live Raskervilles
Mrs Eaves & Mr Raves 106
8 Tunnel Visions 109
9 What is it about the Swas? 124
Frutiger 139
10 Road Akzidenz 143
11 DIY 158
12 What the font? 172
13 Can a font be German, or Jewish?180
Furura 193
14 American Scottish 196
Moderns, Egyptians and Fat Faces
15 Gotham is Go 208
16 Pirates and Clones 220
Optima 233
17 The Clamour from the Past 235
Sabon 251
18 Breaking the Rules 254
The Interrobang 268
19 The Serif of Liverpool 270
Vendôme 284
20 Fox, Gloves 286
21 The Worst Fonts in the World 296
22 Just My Type 313
Bibliography 333
Online 337
Acknowledgements 339
Font and image credits 343
Index 345

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