Shady Characters - The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Mark

Revealing the secret history of punctuation, this tour of two thousand years of the written word, from ancient Greece to the Internet, explores the parallel histories of language and typography throughout the world and across time.

Product details

• Authors: Keith Houston, Houston Keith
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.10.2014
• EAN: 9780393349726
• ISBN: 978-0-393-34972-6
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 212 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Anglistik, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Typography, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, Typography & lettering, Palaeography (History Of Writing), Language: history and general works, Typography and lettering, Palaeography