Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks
Download or Read eBook Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks PDF written by Keith Houston and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Keith Houston |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2013-09-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393064421 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393064425 |
Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks by : Keith Houston
Book excerpt: 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.