Just my type : a book about fonts /: a book about fonts. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Simon Garfield.
• Authors: Garfield, Simon
• Contents: Introduction : love letters -- We don't serve your type -- Capital offence -- Legibility vs readability -- Can a font make me popular? -- The hands of unlettered men -- The ampersand's final twist -- Baskerville is dead (long live baskerville) -- Tunnel visions -- What is it about the Swiss? -- Road akzidenz -- DIY -- What the font? -- Can a font be German, or Jewish? -- American Scottish -- Gotham is go -- Pirates and clones -- The clamour from the past -- Breaking the rules -- The serif of Liverpool -- Fox, gloves -- The worst fonts in the world -- Just my type.
• Publisher Details: London : Profile Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (352 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 686.224; Type and type-founding; Graphic design (Typography); CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Book Printing & Binding; DESIGN -- Book; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; Graphic design (Typography); Type and type-founding; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1847652921; 9781847652928
• Related ISBNs: 9781846683015; 1846683017; 9781846683022
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-336) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.