Paperback, 350 pages
English language
Published Nov. 3, 2014 by Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W..
Shady Characters
The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks
Keith Houston: Shady Characters (Paperback, 2014, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.)
- ISBN:
- 978-0-393-24154-9
- OCLC Number:
- 869437878
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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.
Subjects
- Signs and symbols
- Punctuation
- Type and type-founding, history
- Writing, history