Comic Sans
the biography of a typeface (the abc of fonts)
$31.99
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2024
Summary
Comic Sans: The Unlikely Font Phenomenon
Comic Sans is one of the most used and most reviled typefaces of the digital age. How was it made? How could it spawn a movement to ban it and yet still be so widely promoted by educators? What does its accidental creator make of its contentious and singular history?
This quirky and unique book considers how the computer transformed type into something that anyone could use and have an opinion on. It examines how a typeface, correctly…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399609302 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399609300 |
| Series: | The ABC of Fonts |
| Author: | Simon Garfield |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 212g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 134mm x 18mm |
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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, while To the Letter was one of the inspirations for the theatre shows Letters Live with Benedict Cumberbatch. His study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham prize.
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