Introduction

Glossary

1. Gutenberg’s 42-line Bible
2. Nicolas Jenson
3. Aldine italics
4. Fraktur
5. Caslon
6. Caslon’s ‘English Arabick’
7. Baskerville
8. Bodoni
9. Robert Thorne
10. Pouchée
11. Two Lines English
12. Braille
13. Robert Bell
14. Wild West
15. Typewriter
16. Golden
17. Doves
18. Arnold Böcklin
19. Cloister Black
20. Centaur
21. Souvenir
22. Goudy Old Style
23. Underground Railway
24. Cooper Black
25. Garamond
26. Arrighi
27. Neuland
28. Broadway
29. Futura
30. Gill
31. Times
32. Peignot
33. Stencil
34. SuperVeloz
35. Helvetica
36. Calypso
37. Transport
38. Antique Olive
39. Data 70
40. Bloody Horror
41. Arcadia
42. Mason
43. NatWest
44. Comic Sans
45. Amanar
46. Channel 4
47. Guardian Egyptian
48. Piel
49. Lushootseed
50. Zulia

Further reading
Index

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