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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

✍ Scribed by Garfield, Simon

Publisher
[distributor] TBS The Book Service Ltd, Profile Books Ltd
Year
2010;2011
Tongue
English
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Describes how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world; why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco; the pivotal moment when fonts left the world of Letraset and were loaded onto computers; and more.

✦ Subjects

Type and type-founding

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