The era of ASCII characters on green screens is long gone. Today, industry leaders such as Apple, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle have adopted the Unicode Worldwide Character Standard, and acceptance among developers is rapidly increasing. Yet much software and many web sites still use a host of standards, including PostScript, TrueType, TeX/Omega, SVG, Fontlab, FontForge, Metaf...(展开全部)

The era of ASCII characters on green screens is long gone. Today, industry leaders such as Apple, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle have adopted the Unicode Worldwide Character Standard, and acceptance among developers is rapidly increasing. Yet much software and many web sites still use a host of standards, including PostScript, TrueType, TeX/Omega, SVG, Fontlab, FontForge, Metaf...(展开全部)

What's your type? Suddenly everyone's obsessed with fonts. Whether you're enraged by Ikea's Verdanagate, want to know what the Beach Boys have in common with easy Jet or why it's okay to like Comic Sans, "Just My Type" will have the answer. Learn why using upper case got a New Zealand health worker sacked. Refer to Prince in the Tafkap years as a Dingbat (that works on many lev...(展开全部)

关于作者 西蒙·加菲尔德（Simon Garfield），英国记者与非小说作家。他是多家报刊的职业供稿人，包括包括《独立报》《周日独立报》《观察家报》等。本书《字体故事》（Just My Type）是他最为重要的作品之一。 关于东西文库： 东西文库致力于「第三种文化」（ TTC）的思考、传播与交流；注重在互联网、科技、 商业、媒体、电子阅读等领域的互动；包括但不限于：纸质、电子出版，版权引进、策划，文化论坛。 已出版《失控》《技术元素》《比特素养》《掘金黑客》《数字乌托邦》《字体故 事》等图书。

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 th...(展开全部)

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...(展开全部)