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Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities

Keith Houston
4.9/5 (11955 ratings)
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Description:Keith Houston's entertaining book, inspired by his popular blog shadycharacters.co.uk, tells the unexpected stories of some unusual, and familiar, typographical marks and reveals a fascinating history of writing.Every character we write or type is a link to the past, and in today's printed, electronic and scrawled handwriting their history stares right back at us. This book charts the lives of some of the most intriguing examples, like how the pilcrow went from its noble origins in ancient Greece to near obsolescence, only to be revived again in word processing software. Each character reflects the bust and boom endured by punctuation with each new technological innovation and together they form a rich history of written communication.Keith Houston is the founder of ShadyCharacters.co.uk, where he writes about the unusual stories behind some well-known - and some rather more outlandish - marks of punctuation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities. To get started finding Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
340
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Particular Books
Release
2013
ISBN
184614647X

Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities

Keith Houston
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Read Now Download now ⏭ listen AudioBook
Description: Keith Houston's entertaining book, inspired by his popular blog shadycharacters.co.uk, tells the unexpected stories of some unusual, and familiar, typographical marks and reveals a fascinating history of writing.Every character we write or type is a link to the past, and in today's printed, electronic and scrawled handwriting their history stares right back at us. This book charts the lives of some of the most intriguing examples, like how the pilcrow went from its noble origins in ancient Greece to near obsolescence, only to be revived again in word processing software. Each character reflects the bust and boom endured by punctuation with each new technological innovation and together they form a rich history of written communication.Keith Houston is the founder of ShadyCharacters.co.uk, where he writes about the unusual stories behind some well-known - and some rather more outlandish - marks of punctuation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities. To get started finding Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
340
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Particular Books
Release
2013
ISBN
184614647X

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