具体描述
A delightfully inquisitive tour that explores the rich history and the subtle powers of fonts.
Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product that we buy. But where do fonts come from and why do we need so many? Who is behind the businesslike subtlety of Times New Roman, the cool detachment of Arial, or the maddening lightness of Comic Sans (and the movement to ban it)? Simon Garfield embarks on a mission to answer these questions and more, and reveal what may be the very best and worst fonts in the world.
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, Garfield unravels our age old obsession with the way our words look. Just My Type investigates a range of modern mysteries, including how Helvetica took over the world, what inspires the seemingly ubiquitous use of Trajan on bad movie posters, and what makes a font look presidential, male or female, American, British, German, or Jewish. From the typeface of Beatlemania to the graphic vision of the Obama campaign, fonts can signal a musical revolution or the rise of an American president. This book is a must-read for the design conscious that will forever change the way you look at the printed word.
作者简介
Simon Garfield is the author of twelve acclaimed books of nonfiction. He lives in London and St. Ives, Cornwall, and currently has a so ft 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.
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什么是最好喝的饮料呢？1、确实好喝 2、不会腻。那我觉得最好喝的饮料绝对是无色无味的白开水，你永远不会有吃腻的时候，你也不讨厌它。而相比其他各种味道的饮料，一开始的沉迷不会带给你永远的喜爱——万事万物，只有那些低调，平淡的事物是最最长久的。 字体也不例外，本书...
评分Markdown渲染版本：http://www.jianshu.com/p/3430e2d8b8ea # 《字体故事》读书笔记 标签（空格分隔）： 读书笔记 --- ##摘录 >1. A duck walks into a bar and says, 'I'll have a beer please!'. And the barman says,'Shall I put it on your bills?' 2. 最合适的字体...
评分当苹果iOS系统升级到9的时候，很多人发朋友圈说：“苹果的新的无衬线字体真是漂亮啊。” 来看真正的无衬线字体的定义： “去除字母头尾处的阴影部分（衬线）就成为无衬线字体” 这也意味着，汉字的字体里，并没有所谓的“无衬线字体”。衬线和无衬线只能专指英文字体。 立即...
评分当苹果iOS系统升级到9的时候，很多人发朋友圈说：“苹果的新的无衬线字体真是漂亮啊。” 来看真正的无衬线字体的定义： “去除字母头尾处的阴影部分（衬线）就成为无衬线字体” 这也意味着，汉字的字体里，并没有所谓的“无衬线字体”。衬线和无衬线只能专指英文字体。 立即...
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...
用户评价
读完就觉得我不懂字体。“外行因为不懂，所以只区分得出brush script与arial那种巨大区别。其实字体的设计精髓在于nuances，就像葡萄酒。”
评分like it so much, amazing
评分like it so much, amazing
评分第一本读的很开心的历史书。All glory to the Baskerville Q.
评分第一本读的很开心的历史书。All glory to the Baskerville Q.
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