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Author Houston, Keith, 1977-
Title Shady characters : the secret life of punctuation, symbols, & other typographical marks / Keith Houston.
Publisher New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
Edition First edition.
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LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 Central Arts Literature & Sports  411 HousK 2013    CHECK SHELF
 Mountain Brook Adult  411 HouK    CHECK SHELF

Description xi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content text txt
Media unmediated
Carrier volume
Edition First edition.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The pilcrow -- The interrobang -- The octothorpe -- The ampersand -- The @ symbol -- The asterisk and dagger -- The hyphen -- The dash -- The manicule -- Quotation marks -- Irony and sarcasm -- Irony in history -- Irony as typeface -- Internet irony.
ISBN 9780393064421 (hbk.)
0393064425 (hbk.)
Author Houston, Keith, 1977-
Subject Punctuation -- History.
Signs and symbols -- History.
Type and type-founding -- History.
Writing -- History.
Description xi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content text txt
Media unmediated
Carrier volume
Edition First edition.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The pilcrow -- The interrobang -- The octothorpe -- The ampersand -- The @ symbol -- The asterisk and dagger -- The hyphen -- The dash -- The manicule -- Quotation marks -- Irony and sarcasm -- Irony in history -- Irony as typeface -- Internet irony.
ISBN 9780393064421 (hbk.)
0393064425 (hbk.)
Author Houston, Keith, 1977-
Subject Punctuation -- History.
Signs and symbols -- History.
Type and type-founding -- History.
Writing -- History.
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 Central Arts Literature & Sports  411 HousK 2013    CHECK SHELF
 Mountain Brook Adult  411 HouK    CHECK SHELF

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