Just My Type

I found the book; Just My Type by Simon Garfield in the Milne Library and was immediately drawn in by the title which served as a fun play on words while also clearly being a book about typography. This book is interesting because it covers many different types of fonts, but the author does this in such a way that would make the book interesting for just about anyone. Garfield tells the stories of fonts. He discusses real-life events that either inspired, or popularized all of our favorite fonts today such as Helvetica, Gotham and the Neuland Inline font which is the font used for both The Lion King, and Jurassic Park. This book is great for newcomers to the typography field as well as seasoned vets and even someone who’s not interested in typography as all.