From ASCII art to Comic Sans typography and popular culture in the digital age

"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 ro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wagner, Karin, 1959- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press [2023]
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009863829906719
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Sumario:"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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (261 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780262375214
9780262375207