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An edition of Shady characters (2013)

Shady characters

the secret life of punctuation, symbols & other typographical marks

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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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W. W. Norton, W.W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Pages
352

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Subjects
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
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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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Table of Contents

Preface. Page ix
How to Read This Book. Page xii
The pilcrow. Page 3 The interrobang. Page 25 The octothorpe. # Page 41 The ampersand. & Page 59 The @ symbol. @ Page 79 The asterisk and dagger. * Page 97 The hyphen. - Page 121 The dash. -- Page 145 The manicule. Page 167 Quotation marks. "" Page 187 Irony and sarcasm. Page 211 1. Irony in history Page 212 2. Ironics Page 223 3. Digital sarcasm Page 229 Afterword. Page 245 Further Reading. Page 247 Acknowledgments. Page 249 Notes. Page 251 Illustration Credits. Page 321 Index. Page 325

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Copyright Date
2013

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Dewey Decimal Class
411
Library of Congress
P301.5.P86H68 2013, P301.5.P86 H68 2013

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xii, 340 p.
Number of pages
352
Dimensions
22 x 15 x 3 centimeters

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Open Library
OL25644955M
Internet Archive
shadycharacterss0000hous
ISBN 10
0393064425
ISBN 13
9780393064421
LCCN
2013017324
OCLC/WorldCat
829738463
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17573647

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