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Title: Book Review: Fonts of Inspiration
Post by: cpzilliacus on January 06, 2013, 02:10:53 PM
Slate.Com: Fonts of Inspiration - A book for the typography nerds we've all become. (http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/01/stephen_coles_the_anatomy_of_type_reviewed.html)

QuoteWhen did we all become amateur typography experts? Perhaps we should credit Steve Jobs, a calligraphy buff who built a bunch of cool typeface options into early Macs. By the time I got to college, any sophomore worth her salt had firm feelings about whether Palatino or Garamond looked better on her Classic II. And any professor worth her salt knew that a term paper printed in 12-point Courier was a desperate attempt to stretch eight thin pages to the required 10.