Just My Type

Simon Garfield is the author of twelve acclaimed books of nonfiction. He lives in London and St. Ives, Cornwall, and currently has a soft 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.

出版者:Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

作者:Simon Garfield

页数:356

出版时间:2011-9-1

价格:USD 27.50

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781592406524

图书标签:字体设计平面设计艺术designGraphic_design英文原版众包翻译

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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.

读后感

这是一部讲述与电脑字体设计相关趣闻的科普类书籍，坦白说，与我的知识结构关系不大，所以我只是跳着读完，没有像大狗熊（我最近比较喜爱的一个科技类博客‘狗熊有话说’的博主）那么的仔细品读。不过，偶尔涉及一下新东西，感觉还是很别致的。 以前，我并不会十分注意字体，这...  

不错的知识书，只是最好对着字体看，作者如果能把每种提到的字体都有一段就更好了 不错的知识书，只是最好对着字体看，作者如果能把每种提到的字体都有一段就更好了 不错的知识书，只是最好对着字体看，作者如果能把每种提到的字体都有一段就更好了 不错的知识书，只...  

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...  

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...  

这是一部讲述与电脑字体设计相关趣闻的科普类书籍，坦白说，与我的知识结构关系不大，所以我只是跳着读完，没有像大狗熊（我最近比较喜爱的一个科技类博客‘狗熊有话说’的博主）那么的仔细品读。不过，偶尔涉及一下新东西，感觉还是很别致的。 以前，我并不会十分注意字体，这...  

用户评价

有一页提到，‘it is easier to say works than why. good type is instinct born of experience’。

有一页提到，‘it is easier to say works than why. good type is instinct born of experience’。

其实是很有趣的一本书

字体圈套路也好深，另外关于Caslon多讲一点好不好。最后总结篇为什么感觉作者切换逗逼模式开始浅浅的忧伤了？

妈妈啊。。。累死我了= =....