Keith Houston started writing about the stories behind different marks of punctuation back in 2008 and soon discovered that they wove a fascinating trail across the parallel histories of language and typography. He is the founder of ShadyCharacters.co.uk where he brings these typographic raconteurs into the light of day.
Superb
*author of The Etymologicon*
Entertaining, informative, a must-read. If ever a book deserved its
hardbacked, reverse-embossed, lavishly illustrated, thick white
heavy paper incarnation, and a place on an actual bookshelf, it is
Shady Characters.
*Guardian*
Engaging typographical journeys . . . Houston brings to life a
history of ingenuity and imagination
*The Times*
Houston brings considerable wit to the 5,000-year-old enigma of how
we attempt to communicate our thoughts through visible signs . . .
Shady Characters might make you look at books - in print or online
- in an entirely new way
*Nature*
Shady Characters ventures into the previously untrodden history of
punctuation marks . . . scholarly, highly readable
*Spectator*
Refreshing . . . the stories he uncovers along the way are
fascinating
*Telegraph*
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