The Resource Just my type : a book about fonts, Simon Garfield
Just my type : a book about fonts, Simon Garfield
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The item Just my type : a book about fonts, Simon Garfield represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 356 pages
- Note
- Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2010
- Contents
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- 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 ; Vendome
- Fox, gloves
- The worst fonts in the world
- Just my type
- Isbn
- 9781592406524
- Label
- Just my type : a book about fonts
- Title
- Just my type
- Title remainder
- a book about fonts
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon Garfield
- Language
- eng
- 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
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 394568
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Garfield, Simon
- Dewey number
- 686.224
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Graphic design (Typography)
- Type and type-founding
- Type and type-founding
- Type and type-founding
- Type and type-founding
- Typographers
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a book about fonts
- Label
- Just my type : a book about fonts, Simon Garfield
- Note
- Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2010
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-338) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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 ; Vendome -- Fox, gloves -- The worst fonts in the world -- Just my type
- Control code
- 823924
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 356 pages
- Isbn
- 9781592406524
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781592406524
- (OCoLC)706017795
- Label
- Just my type : a book about fonts, Simon Garfield
- Note
- Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2010
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-338) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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 ; Vendome -- Fox, gloves -- The worst fonts in the world -- Just my type
- Control code
- 823924
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 356 pages
- Isbn
- 9781592406524
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781592406524
- (OCoLC)706017795
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