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Hated, loved, everywhere: Comic Sans’ wild ride to infamy.
Comic Sans
the biography of a typeface
$50.41
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
22 October 2024
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Summary
The Unlikely Story of Comic Sans: From Zero to Hero (and Back Again?)
Since its improvised creation at Microsoft in the mid-1990s, Comic Sans has become one of the most used and talked-about typefaces of the digital age. The subject of April Fools pranks and endless internet discourse, it has spawned a movement to ban it, inspired revivals and spinoffs, and continues to be widely promoted by educators.
In this delightful history, best-selling author Simon Garfield tells the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781324086246 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1324086246 |
| Series: | The ABC of Fonts Series |
| Author: | Simon Garfield |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 22 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 193mm x 122mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Simon Garfield
Simon Garfield is the author of the international bestsellers Just My Type, On the Map, and Mauve, among other books. He lives in London.
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