He was on NPR this morning (or yesterday morning?). He said strange things that suggested this is not the best book about type one could imagine.

His favorite fonts are Georgia and Albertus, and he dislikes Helvetica. And he has the upper-class-twit accent that turns r into w.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...

From: Nicholas Bodley <nbodley@...>

>To: Qalam <qalam@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2011 8:48 PM
>Subject: Somewhat off-topic
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>  There's a new book, apparently very readable and enjoyable, about fonts
>(I still want to call them type faces...). I haven't seen a copy, yet, but
>it looks promising. Try Googling on [just my type book]. Amazon asks a few
>cents more than $15 US; shipping might be extra.
>
>[ Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield ]
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>My best regards to all,
>
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>Nicholas Bodley _.=|*|=._ Waltham, Mass.

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