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Friday, August 5, 2011

Signups CLOSED: September Tour: Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield

Just My Type: A Book About FontsJust My Type:  A Book About Fonts
by Simon Garfield
Publication Date:  September 1, 2011
Gotham Books

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.
  • Tour Dates:  September 15 -September 29
  • Tour signups will close on August 9
  • This book will be available in PRINT format only!
  • To sign-up - please leave a comment with your name, e-mail address, blog name, and the date you would like to post your review (check calendar below - first come, first-serve.  Please click the arrow to move over to the correct month as it is set to August automatically).  
  • This tour is open to USA book bloggers.




3 comments:

lauriehere.com said...

Hi!
This book sounds FUN! I would love to read this book in
PRINT!
laurieisreading at gmail dot com
I am in Michigan
http://www.lauriehere.blogspot.com
May I have the tour date of Sunday, September 25th, please?
Thanks!
Laurie

Kritters Ramblings said...

This book definitely sounds like a good one!

Kristin Durham - Kritters Ramblings
http://www.krittersramblings.com

print please
September 22nd please

ok said...

Tiffany
PA
tiffanyniekro at gmail dot com
September 20

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