BKBLPCNT.RVW   950704
 
%A   Robin Williams
%C   2414 6th St., Berkeley, CA   94710
%D   1995
%G   1-56609-188-8
%I   Peachpit Press
%O   U$22.95/C$29.95 510-548-4393 fax: 510-548-5991 800-283-9444 416-447-5101
%O   trish@peachpit.com gary@peachpit.com fax: 416-443-0948 markj@aw.com
%P   96
%T   "A Blip in the Continuum"
"A Blip in the Continuum", Robin Williams, 1995, 1-56609-188-8, U$22.95/C$29.95
 
This is a book of ugly fonts.  Even-numbered pages given the name and designer
of the fonts, and the facing page uses those fonts in some saying, usually
related to writing or creativity.
 
Why ugly fonts?  We have had grunge rock and grunge fashion (complete with the
"stupid" look): now, apparently, we have grunge typography.  Williams includes
an excerpt from an essay justifying the value of "breaking all the rules."
 
Ugly, of course, is in the eye of the beholder.  For those whose lives are not
complete if they haven't completely filled their disk with font files, the book
includes a diskette with nineteen shareware and three freeware fonts.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995   BKBLPCNT.RVW   950704

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