Just My Type

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

Hardback Published on: 21/10/2010
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Synopsis

What's your type? Suddenly everyone's obsessed with fonts. Whether you're enraged by Ikea's Verdanagate, want to know what the Beach Boys have in common with easy Jet or why it's okay to like Comic Sans, "Just My Type" will have the answer. Learn why using upper case got a New Zealand health worker sacked. Refer to Prince in the Tafkap years as a Dingbat (that works on many levels). Spot where movies get their time periods wrong and don't be duped by fake posters on eBay. Simon Garfield meets the people behind the typefaces and along the way learns why some fonts - like men - are from Mars and some are from Venus. From type on the high street and album covers, to the print in our homes and offices, Garfield is the font of all types of knowledge.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781846683015
  • Dimensions: 214 x 145 x 31 mm
  • Weight: 531g

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Just My Type
A fascinating read, beautifully crafted
I've been a typeface (font) geek all my life. Whenever I watch a movie, look at a book jacket or read a sign, I try to figure out the typeface and consider... READ MORE
JonW
Just My Type
xmas pressie for my sister - she loves it