A hugely entertaining and revealing guide to the history of type that asks, What does your favorite font say about you?
Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product we buy. But where do fonts come from, and why do we need so many? Who is responsible for the staid practicality of Times New Roman, the cool anonymity of Arial, or the irritating levity of Comic Sans (and the movement to ban it)?
Typefaces are now 560 years old, but we barely knew their names until about twenty years ago when the pull-down font menus on our first computers made us all the gods of type. Beginning in the early days of Gutenberg and ending with the most adventurous digital fonts, Simon Garfield explores the rich history and subtle powers of type. He goes on to investigate a range of modern mysteries, including how Helvetica took over the world, what inspires the seeming ubiquitous use of Trajan on bad movie posters, and exactly why the all-type cover of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus was so effective. It also examines why the "T" in the Beatles logo is longer than the other letters and how Gotham helped Barack Obama into the White House. A must-have book for the design conscious, Just My Type's cheeky irreverence will also charm everyone who loved Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Schott's Original Miscellany.
Simon Garfield is the author of twelve acclaimed books of nonfiction. He lives in London and St. Ives, Cornwall, and currently has a soft spot for Requiem Fine Roman and HT Gelateria.
Chip Kidd is associate art director for Alfred A. Knopf, where his jacket designs have revolutionized the art of American book packaging. He is the author of numerous books, including The Cheese Monkeys.
在火车上,我看完了这本《字体故事—— 西文字体的美丽传奇》 书中介绍的很多字体,我闻所未闻,或者有些字体我见过却视如不见,毕竟,我接触西文字体的机会不多,偶尔用的字体无非只有Times New Roman和Arial(标示数字)而已,但通过阅读这本近400页的书籍,对于西方字体的发...
评分内容不必说,很好看。但是作为载体的书本身,非常糟糕。 读得时候,发现不少错误,感觉像是草草上架的。价格88元,但是纸张的质量非常差。正文字体不统一,有时候用宋体,有时候用幼圆,然后正文的英文部分也随着中文的字体,间距一塌糊涂,我这个外行也觉得丑得不行。中文字体...
评分Markdown渲染版本:http://www.jianshu.com/p/3430e2d8b8ea # 《字体故事》读书笔记 标签(空格分隔): 读书笔记 --- ##摘录 >1. A duck walks into a bar and says, 'I'll have a beer please!'. And the barman says,'Shall I put it on your bills?' 2. 最合适的字体...
评分Markdown渲染版本:http://www.jianshu.com/p/3430e2d8b8ea # 《字体故事》读书笔记 标签(空格分隔): 读书笔记 --- ##摘录 >1. A duck walks into a bar and says, 'I'll have a beer please!'. And the barman says,'Shall I put it on your bills?' 2. 最合适的字体...
评分不错的知识书,只是最好对着字体看,作者如果能把每种提到的字体都有一段就更好了 不错的知识书,只是最好对着字体看,作者如果能把每种提到的字体都有一段就更好了 不错的知识书,只是最好对着字体看,作者如果能把每种提到的字体都有一段就更好了 不错的知识书,只...
这本英文书读起来还是有点吃力。好多单词不懂。
评分这本英文书读起来还是有点吃力。好多单词不懂。
评分其实是很有趣的一本书
评分美版的设计比较好看~ 有幸读到...只是字实在太多了...看得我头疼
评分其实是很有趣的一本书
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