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It is a historical look at typography and its designers
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From hand pressing of letterpress to computer typefaces
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It tells the story behind the design of many different typefaces and their designers and passes judgement on some of the ‘best’ and ‘worst’ fonts in common use
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I bought it when it first came out having seen a number of rave reviews including a virtually evangelical endorsement from robert bound
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However first time round i didn’t get on with it
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Garfield deftly brings the human spirit to a topic which at face value lacks any humanity
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The second chapter which discusses the terminology of type has a lovely quote which sums up the combination of accuracy and levity which the author employs throughoutin common parlance we use font and typeface interchangeably and there are worse sins
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This structure might seem unusual at first glance but it works well setting up a predictable rhythm throughout the book
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