000 01387 a2200157 4500
020 _a9781592407460
082 _a745.61
_bGAR
100 _aGarfield, Simon
245 _aJust my type a book about fonts
260 _aNew York
_bAvery
_c2012
300 _axxviii,356p.
505 _aContents 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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