Comic Sans: The Biography of a Typeface (ABC of Fonts) - Hardcover

Buch 3 von 3: The ABC of Fonts Series

Garfield, Simon

 
9781324086246: Comic Sans: The Biography of a Typeface (ABC of Fonts)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1324086246 ISBN 13: 9781324086246
Verlag: WW Norton, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

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 story of how Comic Sans emerged from speech bubbles on educational software to become one of the most recognized—and reviled—typefaces on earth. He considers how the computer transformed type into something that anyone could use and have an opinion on, explores how new fonts emerge with changing times and technology, and meets die-hard Comic Sans adherents and haters. He concludes the book by asking the unimaginable: Could Comic Sans now be the coolest typeface ever made?

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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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Just My TypeThe AtlanticLos Angeles TimesBoston Globe

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Verlag
WW Norton
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1324086246
ISBN 13 
9781324086246
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
123
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