Fonts are everywhere.
You may even have a favorite serif or sans serif.
But have you ever wondered who took the bold steps to create it? Behind every great font is a great story, and, in this fascinating cultural history, graphic designer and design writer Simon Loxley covers more than five hundred years in the history of typography--from the oldest printed typeface used in the Gutenberg Bible right up to the present day.
Type is Beautiful traces the history of fifty remarkable fonts.