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Bookmark or Share- Just My Type - Simon GarfieldJust My Type is a book of stories about fonts.It examines how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. It explains why we are still influenced by type choices made more than 500 years ago, and why the T in the Beatles logo is longer than the other letters.
- Books - Simon GarfieldWaiting for the lift by his fourth-floor flat, Derek Jarman says he feels like an 80-year-old man, not only old, but lonely, missing all his friends.
- Mauve - Simon Garfieldhttps://www.simongarfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/mauve.mp3 Coal-tar derivatives were crucial in the work of German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich, particularly in his pioneering development of chemotherapy.
- The Last Journey of William Huskisson - Simon Garfieldhttps://www.simongarfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/the_last_journey_of_william_huskisson.mp3 Amid all these half-truths and misconceptions, I set out to find some facts for myself. My book is an attempt to explain why so many people gathered together for one day in September 1830, and with such high hopes.
- All the Knowledge in the World - Simon GarfieldAll the Knowledge in the World Extract WIKIMANIA. Each summer, the staff of Wikipedia get together with their most fanatical contributors for a five-day conference called Wikimania, a sort of WrestleMania for the brainy and pedantic.
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