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.
by卢涛 2011年9月,《纽约时报》畅销书榜单前十位里出现一本叫Just My Type的书,而它的副标“A Book About Fonts”告诉你,这居然是一本关于字体的书!只要随便翻看一本正常点的关于字体的书,它们都会不厌其烦地从六百年前的约翰内斯·古登堡向你扯起。而这本《字体故事:西...
评分这是一部讲述与电脑字体设计相关趣闻的科普类书籍,坦白说,与我的知识结构关系不大,所以我只是跳着读完,没有像大狗熊(我最近比较喜爱的一个科技类博客‘狗熊有话说’的博主)那么的仔细品读。不过,偶尔涉及一下新东西,感觉还是很别致的。 以前,我并不会十分注意字体,这...
评分by卢涛 2011年9月,《纽约时报》畅销书榜单前十位里出现一本叫Just My Type的书,而它的副标“A Book About Fonts”告诉你,这居然是一本关于字体的书!只要随便翻看一本正常点的关于字体的书,它们都会不厌其烦地从六百年前的约翰内斯·古登堡向你扯起。而这本《字体故事:西...
评分这是一部讲述与电脑字体设计相关趣闻的科普类书籍,坦白说,与我的知识结构关系不大,所以我只是跳着读完,没有像大狗熊(我最近比较喜爱的一个科技类博客‘狗熊有话说’的博主)那么的仔细品读。不过,偶尔涉及一下新东西,感觉还是很别致的。 以前,我并不会十分注意字体,这...
评分本书就是讲述西文的字体发展历程,其实就是相当于我们中文字的字体历史,从甲骨文到什么颜体,柳体之类的。 西文的字数只有26,根据不同国家,可能有不同的变形,但也就几十个字而已。相比中文以万计数的汉字(常用汉字7000个),西文字体创造起来真是太轻松了,只需要确定26个...
其实是很有趣的一本书
评分因为是字体,只好啃原版
评分蛮有趣的。看了这本书后,恭喜你,你成功患上字体强迫症了。
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
评分蛮有趣的。看了这本书后,恭喜你,你成功患上字体强迫症了。
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