false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174349339m/384569.jpg 384569 1 If youve ever wondered exactly what a Zapf is, or if Baskerville has anything to do with Sherlock Holmes, Type is the answer to these questions and more. This is the story of the passions and obsessions, of the creators of type; of the influences of wars, persecution and political upheaval, and the effects of business and technological breakthroughs on fonts and typography. From Gutenbergs first moveable type to the Internet, Simon Loxley tells the stories behind the letters, giving readers a cultural history unlike any other. After reading Type, you will never look at the printed word in the same way again. 374303 12 6 2006 Type: The Secret History of Letters total:17|5:3|4:8|3:5|2:1| 17 64 41 5 4 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 14:36:58 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 02:06:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 13 20:52:37 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 21 19:01:51 -0700 2009
The writing's fine, I suppose. And for a book about type and typesetting, it's a pretty finely designed paperback.

But... there's nothing "secret" about this book.... Most of it is simply untold because it's not all that interesting.

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