Shady characters

Description:

In *Shady Characters*, Keith Houston weaves a fascinating trail through the nooks and crannies of typographical history, from the Library of Alexandria to the halls of Bell Labs. Whether investigating the annotating duo of asterisk (\*) and dagger (†); the plucky pilcrow (¶) and humble ampersand (&); or the at sign (@) and octothorpe (\#), both newly reinvigorated by the Internet, *Shady Characters* will delight all who cherish the unpredictable and surprising in the writing life.

subjects: Type and type-founding,  Writing,  Punctuation,  History,  Signs and symbols,  Type and type-founding, history,  Writing, history,  Paleography,  Typography,  Ponctuation,  Histoire,  Signes et symboles,  Écriture,  Interpunktion,  Historia,  Symboler,  Skrift