The ABC of Fonts
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By: Garfield, Simon
Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface
$22.99HardcoverAdd to cartWhen Baskerville was first created in 1757, there was concern that it would damage readers’ eyes with its combination of thin and thick strokes and tapering serifs. Yet 250 years later, it remains one
- Series: The ABC of Fonts
- Author: Garfield, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1324086203
- Language: English
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By: Garfield, Simon
Comic Sans: The Biography of a Typeface
$22.99HardcoverAdd to cartSince 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 int
- Series: The ABC of Fonts
- Author: Garfield, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1324086246
- Language: English
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By: Garfield, Simon
Albertus: The Biography of a Typeface
$22.99HardcoverAdd to cartAlbertus, first carved on a bronze tablet in the 1930s by German Jewish refugee Berthold Wolpe, has proved to be one of the most enduring handcrafted typefaces in the world. It is at once modern and t
- Series: The ABC of Fonts
- Author: Garfield, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 132408622X
- Language: English



