I really did enjoy this book, a short history of some fonts, quite readable, a bit idiosyncratic but enjoyable and fun. Simon Garfield has his opinion about some of the fonts, that I don't essentially agree with but it was an interesting read none-the-less. Some of the shennagins about some fonts ...
Updated - 7/9/13 - see link at bottomI am hardly a monogamous sort. I find that I am regularly attracted to different types. Sometimes I like them with big bowls. I am definitely fond of zaftig with strokable, curvy edges, sometimes I prefer something a bit more conservative, upright, familiar. And ...
I really did enjoy this book, a short history of some fonts, quite readable, a bit idiosyncratic but enjoyable and fun. Simon Garfield has his opinion about some of the fonts, that I don't essentially agree with but it was an interesting read none-the-less. Some of the shennagins about some fonts we...
You may ask why so many different typefaces. They all serve the same purpose but they express man's diversity. It's the same diversity we find in wine. I once saw a list of Medoc wines featuring 60 different Medocs all of the same year. All of them were wines but each were different from the oth...
Just My Type takes readers on a delightful and whimsical (if non-chronological) journey through the history of type, digressing frequently to highlight particular typefaces or provide anecdotes regarding a particular font. ("Comic Sans walks into a bar and the bartender says, 'We don't serve your ty...
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2012/01/just-my-type-book-about-fonts.htmlJust My Type - A Book About Fonts - is a book exploring the history of of type and their impact on our world. Rather than being a historical tome, it is a collection of interesting tale...
I never imagined there could be so much to know about fonts and even if I did, I never would have guessed it could be written about in such an engaging and interesting way.
If you don't read the rest, at least read the foreword by Chip Kidd. Wonderfully done in his unique graphic style. I'm kind of interested in fonts, typefaces, but I had no idea there was so much involved. This book is a good overview, presented in shortish chapters in an entertaining style. But I di...
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