- Type and type-founding, Writing, Punctuation, History
In *Shady Characters*, Keith Houston weaves a fascinating trail through the nooks and crannies of typographical history, from the Library of Alexandria to the halls of Bell Labs.
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Warm, cool, nostalgic and classical in form.
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- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Keith Houston
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 351
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., Penguin Books, Limited, Penguin Books Ltd
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780393241549
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