Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities

ISBN-13: 9780718193881 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 352 str.

Keith Houston

Opis

Where does the ampersand get its name from? What does the hashtag have to do with commerce in ancient Rome? Keith Houston gives the answers in this delightfully entertaining book.

O autorze

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.