hardcover
2011 · New York
by Kelly, Jerry
New York: The Typophiles, 2011. hardcover. Zapf, Hermann. 4.5 x 7 inches. hardcover. 112 pages. Foreword by Robert Bringhurst. Typophiles Chapbook, New Series, 3. "Letterforms are things that nearly all of us in the Western world have learned to take for granted. We treat them much like door knobs, water taps, thermostats, and hinges. We evidently think (in defiance of all logic) that what we read or write matters far more than how it's read or written, and that letterforms are just a way to get there, as a door knob is a way to open a door," writes Robert Bringhurst in the Foreword to About More Alphabets. This book hopes to bring attention to a neglected (truncated)