From ASCII art to Comic Sans : typography and popular culture in the digital age / Karin Wagner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wagner, Karin, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Type and type-founding--History.

Type and type-founding.

Graphic design (Typography)--History.

Graphic design (Typography).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Through a close examination of the material and visual culture found online, Wagner offers a contextualizing historiography that takes the reader from the art of ASCII to hatred of Comic Sans. By combining design history, visual, and material culture, this book offers a new glimpse into the role of letter form and typographical structure in the history of digital culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

2 Computer Pictures before Computer Graphics: The Practice of ASCII Art

3 Domesticated Aliens: Machine-Readable Typefaces in Popular Culture and Beyond

4 The Multisensory Dot Matrix Printer

5 Type Hate and the Discourse of Comic Sans

6 Common Themes and Concluding Remarks

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262375214

9780262375207

0-262-37520-6

0-262-37521-4

OCLC:

1359048769