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Just My Type

Name: Just My Type
Author: Simon Garfield

The original and best book about fonts

Simon Garfield

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Beschreibung

Just My Type is not just a font book, but a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco. About the great originators of type, from Baskerville to Zapf, or people like Neville Brody who threw out the rulebook, or Margaret Calvert, who invented the motorway signs that are used from Watford Gap to Abu Dhabi. About the pivotal moment when fonts left the world of Letraset and were loaded onto computers ... and typefaces became something we realised we all have an opinion about.

As the Sunday Times review put it, the book is 'a kind of Eats, Shoots and Leaves for letters, revealing the extent to which fonts are not only shaped by but also define the world in which we live.'

This edition is available with both black and silver covers.

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A quirky and informative study of fonts

ll make you appreciate the beauty - and sometimes the horror - that is all around you.
Garfield convinces us it's okay to actually like typography. What shines about this book is its accessibility; you don't have to be a typeface historian or a designer to find it enthralling ... It's fascinating to read about the history, origins and revolutions of typefaces, and this book strikes a great balance between fact and humour. Garfield's book isn't snobbish or elitist, and this is its most refreshing quality - it's for everyone to enjoy and share ... reading this book may just change your life; it'll certainly make you smile. If nothing else, it'

The most interesting and entertaining parts of the book are the glimpses into the strange internet world of type fanaticism.

s enthusiasm and wit
Hugely entertaining ... a lively history ... my considerable enjoyment of this book may have been enhanced by the fact that I've always been very interested in print design. But even those who have never considered the beauty of the Baskerville Q ... should find themselves being drawn in by Garfield'

Bouncy, well-informed and wittily designed ... an engaging book.

Chatty, anecdotal ... illuminates even a walk to the shops

s intriguing book can send you online to look more deeply, typographically speaking into the character issue.
Punchy and entertaining overview of typography ... Garfield'

ll make you appreciate the beauty - and sometimes the horror - that is all around you.
Reading this book may just change your life; it'll certainly make you smile. If nothing else, it'

Every so often someone writes a book about an obscure subject and uses it to illuminate the rest of the world... this is one of the best.

Garfield is extremely knowledgeable about type history while ignoring the politics and egos ... the tone is often funny and always entertaining ... thoroughly enjoyable.

Deliriously clever and entertaining.

Equipped with both knowledge and a nimble way with words, Garfield is an entertaining and congenial guide to this ubiquitous but little-known world.

A gift for aesthetes and arty types ... funny and fascinating

s... clear, lyrical prose is infectious, and sometimes as though the letters themselves were living things.
After being walked through these stories, it's difficult to even look at a cereal packet in the same way again... This book won't just turn readers into avid font-spotters; it will also nudge them towards admiring the beauty of a single letter or a well-drawn ampersand. Garfield'

Amusing and informative ... Just My Type is an immensely refreshing offering from an author who is fascinated by his subject. Conveying the richness and the personality of typefaces with love and passion, this is an accessible and entertaining introduction to the world of lettering.

A celebration of our way with words

s best-selling Eats, Shoots & Leaves did for punctuation: made it noticeable for people who had no idea they were interested in such things.
This is a smart, funny, accessible book that does for typography what Lynne Truss'

s evocative prose entices us to see letters instead of just reading them
[A] lively romp through the history of fonts. Garfield'

s a painless way to develop an appreciation for the subject.
Accessible, informative and often amusing... Copiously illustrated, it'

A lively history of fonts, from the first moveable letters used by Johannes Gutenberg in the 1440s to the latest cutting edge typefaces ... lavishly and imaginatively illustrated ... a joy to look at as well as to read ... encapsulates the romance and magical possibilities of type.

Dozens of compelling anecdotes are clearly told by Simon Garfield in this eye-opening book, which is utterly convincing in its central idea - that we are surrounded by fonts and influenced by their subtle message ... a delightful, brain-expanding book.

s full of weird and wonderful stories.
Superb ... it is a fascinating and funny book that delves into the history and oddities of typefaces throughout the ages ... it'

Delightful ... Just My Type is the kind of book that makes you look at the world differently, indeed, it can induce a mild obsessive compulsive disorder ... like a master sommelier, Garfield has a wonderful capacity to convery the little hints and barely registered associations which different fonts impart ... an ingenious book.

Garfield has a track record of making odd subjects fascinating ... a weirdly addictive book.

s a ton of fascinating stuff you never knew about fonts and thankfully Simon Garfield has stuck practically all of it in this friendly and informative book about the subject ... packed with nuggets that are way more relevant to your cool young life than you might realise ... riveting, and truly educational stuff.
There'

s dream
Just My Type is a font fanatic'

Entertaining feast of fonts for graphic geeks and a humorous insight into the fonts dominating print today.

A delight from start to end

Highly recommended to all, whether or not you feel predisposed to like this kind of thing! Eye-opening and mind-expanding!

typefaces that demand our attention and appreciation... An unexpectedly engrossing read, this is a book that threatens to make font wonks of all of us.
A witty and illuminating history of typography... As a writer who succeeds in re-interpreting arcane design-speak for a wider audience, Garfield is at his best when investigating the personal histories of designers... It is a book that opens our eyes afresh to the jostling array of "armour-plated" "balletic" "nuzzling"

s many pleasures he should, at least, have a typeface named after him.
Engrossing ... I've long been a fan of Garfield's popular touch, but he also writes knowledgeably about the minutiae of printing and layout. The book is attractive too ... for this book'

s great strength is his storytelling. His book comprises dozens of lovely vignettes, anecdotes that make a potentially dusty subject utterly compelling ... he shows as judicious a sense of imagery as he has of more technical description ... a fine primer
Garfield'

s unable to walk past a sign until he has identified the typeface. Now, neither can we.
Light-hearted but comprehensive, from rather odious typefaces, such as the hairy Grassy, to the ubiquitous Helvetica, each font is given a rundown. Garfield says he'

t miss this quirky, fact-filled font fest.
Brilliant ... whether you're a graphics geek or have never given a second thought to what you're reading, don'

s meant to be new about Times New Roman, Garfield will be just your type.
A quirky introduction to fonts ... Simon Garfield is careful to tickle as much as he teaches ... Just My Type is fun. If you have ever looked at the drop-down menu in Word and wondered what a Garamond is, or what'

s book will open your eyes to the array of typefaces that demand our attention every day.
A whistle-stop tour of fonts ... Garfield'

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