Glyph: A Visual Exploration of Punctuation Marks and Other Typographic Symbols

by Anna Davies, Shiro Nishimoto, Adriana Caneva

Glyph is a look into the representations of marks and glyphs in the Latin alphabet. From & to } to *, each mark has a brief explanation of its use and history, and a grid of its most interesting typographic variations. Who knew, for example, that the ampersand was once a letter in the alphabet?!

A strikingly designed and packaged book featuring hard-cut greyboard edges and liberal use of neon throughout, this book will be of great appeal to linguists, typographers and design-afficionados alike.

Genres: Design, Nonfiction, Linguistics, Writing, Reference

112 pages, Hardcover

First published November 10, 2015

Reviews

[Mike Mcconnell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adored the layout and content of this book.

[John Kaye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely little book. I learned a few things. A wonderfully eclectic selection of fonts to illustrate each glyph.

[Lilly Marques · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun lil book for those that like to know about Glyphs. It impeccably designed and written.

[Pamela · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice little diversion, much fun if you like this trivia knowledge. And you learn a few things, like why we indent at a new paragraph (the pilcrow, page 54).

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting mix of historical trivia and typographic usage rules. Probably not the kind of thing you'd refer to every day, but a fun little book nevertheless (and beautifully produced).