Shady Characters – The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, & Other Typographical Marks

Along these lines, the characters themselves, while not crossing the line into being humans in animal clothing, so to speak, strike a perfect balance between exhibiting relatable human traits while retaining their animal personas, so readers can’t mistake that this is an animal’s world rather than animals transplanted into a human world. Each chapter, which highlighted one particular symbol, was short enough to consume in one sitting, making it easy to put down and pick up the book as needed. That’s because the second reason for the Curta’s prominence is that it was designed in a Nazi concentration camp.Non-English editions Shady Characters is also available in Polish (as Ciemne typki), published by Karakter, and in Chinese complex characters (as 英語符號趣味學), published by Rye Field Publications. I love knowing the why and the where of things and Shady Characters satisfies my curiosity and piques my interest. It’s a fitting design choice for a book that takes it readers through the history of the written word. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.