A review by drj
Glyph: A Visual Exploration of Punctuation Marks and Other Typographic Symbols by Shiro Nishimoto, Adriana Caneva

informative lighthearted fast-paced

4.25

A charming little blue book. It's nice to see that it is bound in signatures and printed with a fluorescent pink spot colour (very similar to Sofie Beier's Type Tricks). The contents page is hilarious, being mostly a list of punctuation marks. Each glyph has a 2-page spread (or occasionally 4-page) and has a little blurb accompanying it. And i must say while i find that interesting and fun, it does occasionally make me wonder if all the facts are true facts; for example "The original shape of an asterisk was seven armed".