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Foreword | p. xii |
Introduction: Love Letters | p. 1 |
Periodic Table of Typefaces | p. 6-7 |
We don't serve your type | p. 9 |
Capital Offence | p. 22 |
Gill Sans | p. 41 |
Legibility vs Readability | p. 45 |
Albertus | p. 62 |
Can a font make me popular? | p. 65 |
Futura v Verdana | p. 73 |
The Hands of Unlettered Men | p. 77 |
Doves | p. 84 |
The Ampersand's Final Twist | p. 89 |
Baskerville is Dead (Long Live Baskerville) | p. 97 |
Mrs Eaves & Mr Eaves | p. 106 |
Tunnel Visions | p. 109 |
What is it about the Swiss? | p. 124 |
Frutiger | p. 139 |
Road Akzidenz | p. 143 |
DIY | p. 158 |
What the Font? | p. 172 |
Can a font be German, or Jewish? | p. 180 |
Futura | p. 193 |
American Scottish | p. 196 |
Moderns, Egyptians and Fat Faces | p. 204 |
Gotham is Go | p. 208 |
Pirates and Clones | p. 220 |
Optima | p. 233 |
The Clamour from the Past | p. 235 |
Sabon | p. 251 |
Breaking the Rules | p. 254 |
The Interrobang | p. 268 |
The Serif of Liverpool | p. 270 |
Vendôme | p. 284 |
Fox, Gloves | p. 286 |
The Worst Fonts in the World | p. 296 |
Just My Type | p. 313 |
Bibliography | p. 333 |
Online | p. 337 |
Acknowledgements | p. 339 |
Font and image credits | p. 343 |
Index | p. 345 |
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