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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Keith Houston, Houston Keith
• Editore: Norton and Co Ltd
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.10.2014
• Categoria: Libri scolastici; Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Enciclopedie, lessici
• EAN: 9780393349726
• ISBN: 978-0-393-34972-6
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14.3 x 21.2 x 2.5 cm
• Categorie: 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, typography;history of writing;punctuation;symbols;history of language;graphic design;type design;cultural history;etymology;ampersand;at sign;asterisk;interrobang;typographic marks;written word;history of punctuation marks;origins of typographic symb