Hardcover, 352 pages
English language
Published Nov. 3, 2013 by W. W. Norton.
Shady characters
the secret life of punctuation, symbols & other typographical marks
Keith Houston: Shady characters (Hardcover, 2013, W. W. Norton)
- ISBN:
- 978-0-393-06442-1
- OCLC Number:
- 829738463
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In Shady Characters, Keith Houston weaves a fascinating trail through the nooks and crannies of typographical history, from the Library of Alexandria to the halls of Bell Labs. Whether investigating the annotating duo of asterisk (*) and dagger (†); the plucky pilcrow (¶) and humble ampersand (&); or the at sign (@) and octothorpe (#), both newly reinvigorated by the Internet, Shady Characters will delight all who cherish the unpredictable and surprising in the writing life.
