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Shady characters

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An edition of Shady characters (2013)

Shady characters

the secret life of punctuation, symbols & other typographical marks

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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.

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W. W. Norton, W.W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Pages
352

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Subjects

Type and type-founding, Writing, Punctuation, History, Signs and symbols, Type and type-founding, history, Writing, history, Paleography, Typography, Ponctuation, Histoire, Signes et symboles, Écriture, Interpunktion, Historia, Symboler, Skrift
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Shady characters
2015, Penguin, Penguin Books Ltd, imusti
Paperback in English
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Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks
2014, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
Paperback in English
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Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks
2014, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
in English
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Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and Other Typographical Curiosities
2013, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
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Shady characters: the secret life of punctuation, symbols & other typographical marks
2013, W. W. Norton, W.W. Norton & Company
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Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities
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Table of Contents

Preface.
Page ix
How to Read This Book.
Page xii
The pilcrow.
Page 3
The interrobang.
Page 25
The octothorpe. #
Page 41
The ampersand. &
Page 59
The @ symbol. @
Page 79
The asterisk and dagger. *
Page 97
The hyphen. -
Page 121
The dash. --
Page 145
The manicule.
Page 167
Quotation marks. ""
Page 187
Irony and sarcasm.
Page 211
1. Irony in history
Page 212
2. Ironics
Page 223
3. Digital sarcasm
Page 229
Afterword.
Page 245
Further Reading.
Page 247
Acknowledgments.
Page 249
Notes.
Page 251
Illustration Credits.
Page 321
Index.
Page 325

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New York, USA
Copyright Date
2013

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
411
Library of Congress
P301.5.P86H68 2013, P301.5.P86 H68 2013

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xii, 340 p.
Number of pages
352
Dimensions
22 x 15 x 3 centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25644955M
ISBN 10
0393064425
ISBN 13
9780393064421
LCCN
2013017324
OCLC/WorldCat
829738463
Goodreads
17573647

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OL17075319W

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Work Description

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.

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