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Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks

By: Keith Houston (Author)

Ksh 2,700.00
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Format(s): DRM EPUB

ISBN-13: 9780393241549

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company

Publication Date: September 24th, 2013

Country of Publication: US

Language: English

Pages: 352

Physical Edition EAN: 9780393349726

Category: Typography & lettering , Usage & grammar guides , Palaeography (history of writing)

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An absolutely fascinating blend of history, design, sociology, and cultural poeticshighly recommended.Maria Popova, Brain PickingsA charming and indispensable tour of two thousand years of the written word, Shady Characters weaves a fascinating trail across the parallel histories of language and typography. Whether investigating the asterisk (*) and dagger ()which alternately illuminated and skewered heretical verses of the early Bibleor the at sign (@), which languished in obscurity for centuries until rescued by the Internet, Keith Houston draws on myriad sources to chart the life and times of these enigmatic squiggles, both exotic () and everyday (&).From the Library of Alexandria to the halls of Bell Labs, figures as diverse as Charlemagne, Vladimir Nabokov, and George W. Bush cross paths with marks as obscure as the interrobang (?) and as divisive as the dash (). Ancient Roman graffiti, Venetian trading shorthand, Cold War double agents, and Madison Avenue round out an ever more diverse set of episodes, characters, and artifacts.Richly illustrated, ranging across time, typographies, and countries, Shady Characters will delight and entertain all who cherish the unpredictable and surprising in the writing life.

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