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999			_c23571 _d23571
001			812406699
003			OCoLC
005			20170705092753.0
008			121009r20122010nyua b 001 0 eng d
020			_a1592407463
020			_a9781592407460
035			_a(OCoLC)812406699
040			_aYDXCP _cYDXCP _dNXW _dS9I _dIAD _dCIN _dKIU Kampala Campus
050		4	_aZ250 _b.G228 2011
100	1		_aGarfield, Simon. _926692
245	1	0	_aJust my type : _ba book about fonts / _cSimon Garfield.
260			_aNew York, N.Y. : _bGotham Books, _cc2011
300			_a356 p. : _bill. ; _c21 cm.
500			_a"First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Profile Books and in the United States as a Gotham Books hardcover in 2011. First trade paperback printing, September 2012"--T.p. verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : love letters -- We don't serve your type -- Capital offence ; Gill Sans -- Legibility vs readability ; Albertus -- Can a font make me popular? ; Futura v Verdana -- The hands of unlettered men ; Doves -- The ampersand's final twist -- Baskerville is dead (long live Baskerville) ; Mrs. Eaves & Mr. Eaves -- Tunnel visions -- What is it about the Swiss? ; Frutiger -- Road Akzidenz -- DIY -- What the font? -- Can a font be German, or Jewish? ; Futura -- American Scottish ; Moderns, Egyptians, and fat faces -- Gotham is go -- Pirates and clones ; Optima -- The clamour from the past ; Sabon -- Breaking the rules ; The interrobang -- The Serif of Liverpool ; Vendôme -- Fox, gloves -- The worst fonts in the world -- Just my type.
520			_aA romp through the history of fonts and the lives of the great typographers, revealing the extent to which fonts are not only shaped by but also define the world in which we live.
650		0	_aType and type-founding. _926693
650		0	_aGraphic design (Typography) _926694
942			_2lcc _cBK