Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities by Keith Houston
Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities

Keith Houston

Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities

Keith Houston

352 pages hardcover 2013

3 editions

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A charming and indispensable tour of two thousand years of the written word, Shady Characters weaves a fascinating trail across the parallel histories of language and typography.Whether investigating the asterisk (*) and dagger (†)—which alternate...

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