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Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities

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An edition of Shady characters (2013)

Shady Characters

Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities

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  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 22 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

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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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
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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: 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 & other typographical marks
2013, W. W. Norton, W.W. Norton & Company
Hardcover in English - First edition
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Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and Other Typographical Curiosities
2013, Penguin Books, Limited
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Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities
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Source title: Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities

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