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Type : the secret history of letters / Simon Loxley

By:

Loxley, Simon

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : I.B. Tauris , 2006Description: 248 p. : illus. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781845110284

Subject(s):

Type and type-founding -- --History

DDC classification:

686.209 LOX

LOC classification:

Z250.A2 L69 2004

Summary: "Good typography should be invisible", so goes the old maxim--the typeface should carry the message, but not distract with its own personality. But if you've ever wondered how type was developed, exactly what a Goudy Friar is, or if Baskerville has anything to do with Sherlock Holmes, then Type will answer these questions and more. This is the story of the faces behind type, letters and typography: it tells of the passions and obsessions of its creators, of war, persecution and political upheaval, of business and technological breakthrough, of rivalry, death and disinterment.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	686.209 LOX (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		018306

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

"Good typography should be invisible", so goes the old maxim--the typeface should carry the message, but not distract with its own personality. But if you've ever wondered how type was developed, exactly what a Goudy Friar is, or if Baskerville has anything to do with Sherlock Holmes, then Type will answer these questions and more. This is the story of the faces behind type, letters and typography: it tells of the passions and obsessions of its creators, of war, persecution and political upheaval, of business and technological breakthrough, of rivalry, death and disinterment.

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