Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product that we buy. But where do fonts come from and why do we need so many? Who is behind the businesslike subtlety of Times New Roman, the cool detachment of Arial, or the maddening lightness of Comic Sans (and the movement to ban it)? Simon Garfield embarks on a mission to answer these questions and more, and reveal what may be the very best and worst fonts in the world. Type faces are now 560 years old, but we barely knew their names until about twenty years ago, when the pull-down font menus on our first computers made us all the gods of type. Beginning in the early days of Gutenberg and ending with the most adventurous digital fonts, Garfield unravels our age old obsession with the way our words look. This book investigates a range of modern mysteries, including how Helvetica took over the world, what inspires the seemingly ubiquitous use of Trajan on bad movie posters, and what makes a font look presidential, male or female, American, British, German, or Jewish. From the typeface of Beatlemania to the graphic vision of the Obama campaign, fonts can signal a musical revolution or the rise of an American president. This book is a must-read for the design conscious that will forever change the way you look at the printed word. 

Reconstructie van de ondergang van de Transsylvanische adel via interviews met nabestaande.

Eerste monografie over het werk van de vorig jaar overleden Nederlands fotograaf Cor Jaring. Jaring werd bekend met zijn foto's van de Amsterdamse haven en de provo beweging. Wereldberoemd werden zijn beelden van de bedscène van John Lennon & Yoko Ono in Amsterdam.

De reisgids USA-Zuidwest & Las Vegas is ideaal in gebruik voor, tijdens en na de reis. Inmiddels is Capitool, met meer dan 100 titels, al jaren marktleider onder de reisgidsen. Door de combinatie van visuele uitbundigheid in de vorm van driedimensionale tekeningen van bezienswaardigheden en heel veel kleurenfoto's en praktische bruikbaarheid door middel van verhelderende kaarten en compacte teksten onderscheiden de Capitool Reisgidsen zich van alle andere. De Capitool Reisgidsen bevatten heel veel foto's, illustraties en kaarten, opengewerkte tekeningen en plattegronden van de belangrijkste bezienswaardigheden en driedimensionale beelden van historische wijken. Met ook restaurants, accommodatie en vervoer.

Uitgegeven t.g.v. de jaarwisseling 1993-1994. Oplage 794 exemplaren.

Biografie van de oprichter en directeur van uitgeverij De Bezige Bij.

Deel 1 van Rockschool.

Our eyes constantly see things which are not really there. Appealing to all ages, the author provides a journey into these deceptions, providing diagrams and illustrations to explore the ways in which our eyes and brains can be tricked. All kinds of illusions, from secret messages to moving pictures and impossible shapes, are revealed and explained. Many of the illustrations are in 3-D, and a pair of 3-D glasses is supplied with the book.

Originele teksten die ten grondslag lagen aan vijf van Bergmans belangrijkste films. Scripts. 

Ernst Ingmar Bergman overleed op 30 juli 2007, 89 jaar oud, in zijn huis op het Zweedse eilandje Fárö. In zijn lange leven zou hij zich al sinds zijn kinderjaren bezighouden met de wondere wereld van toneel en film. Met een primitieve toverlantaarn, ingekleurde plaatjes en een petroleumlamp wist hij zijn broer en zusje al te boeien. Hij zou zich ontwikkelen tot een beroemde regisseur en scriptschrijver van films, toneelstukken, radio (hoor)spelen, televisieregistraties en sterk autobiografische romans en essays.

Sportwetenschappelijke onderzoekingen nr. 19. Proefschrift 1990, Maastricht. Met samenvatting en stellingen in het Nederlands. 

Handleiding met referentieschalen voor 12- tot en met 16-jarige jongens en meisjes in Nederland

Innovative, exuberant, controversial jazz has, in its hundred-year existence, found both popular appeal and intellectual appreciation for its emotional intensity and musical sophistication. This invaluable guide covers the whole history of jazz, from its early balancing of African and European influences, through the formative years in New Orleans and Chicago, to the rise of the big bands in New York, be-bop, the postwar proliferation of styles (hard bop, West Coast, cool, free jazz, modal jazz, fusion, crossover), and today's acceptance of jazz as a music that defies conventional categories. Setting jazz in its social and political context, the author looks at the individual talents who shaped this remarkable music, personalities as diverse as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, and Miles Davis. With striking illustrations and a useful glossary, the wide-ranging text provides a thoughtful and comprehensive introduction to the twentieth century's most vibrant music.

35 werkstukken met uitneembare patronen

Psychologische achtergronden van de keuze van automobilisten voor een bepaald type of merk auto.

From Marianne and Johan, the agonized couple in Scenes from a Marriage, to Charlotte and Eva, the mother and daughter who both love and repel one another in Autumn Sonata, [author] hase created a cast of characters who both uplift and enlighten us, and who bring us more closely in touch with ourselves.

The events of Florence Baker's life read like a novel. Born in the 1840s into an aristocratic family who was murdered in the Hungarian revolution, Florence fled to the Ottoman empire with her nurse. She was next heard of living in a harem, barely in her teens. In 1859 she was presented at auction, and it was in this most unlikely of settings that she met her soulmate Sam Baker, a wealthy English adventurer whose geographic discoveries proved crucial to England's understanding of the African landscape. Saving her from slavery, Sam offered his paramour much more - a life of danger, excitement and passion exploring the uncharted interior of Africa in search of the source of the Nile. Florence's early life. Sam and Florence were to suffer years of deprivation and conflict with local tribes before their amazing fortitude brought ultimate victory. Sam named the source of the Nile Albert N'yanza, after the Queen's consort. But a larger challenge awaited them: winning acceptance in polite Victorian society. out from beneath the shadow of her more famous husband. Florence Baker is the story of a remarkable woman, of an extraordinary love affair, but also of the golden age of exploration. Reconstructed through journals, documents, maps and photographs, TO THE HEART OF THE NILE chronicles the life of a tenacious, compassionate and unlikely explorer - a woman who stood alongside some of the toughest men in history to face the unknown.

This is the best encyclopedic, photo-intensive price guide and reference book for more than 16,000 vintage and obscure toys from the late 1880s to today. All of the 45,000 prices have been reviewed and updated from the eighth edition, with many increasing. This guide includes many hard-to-find toys that aren't found in other toy price guides.

As McCarthyism swept across the United States and capitalism was king, white America enjoyed a feeling of pride and security that was reflected in advertising.

Bij Uvira, een provinciestadje in Oost-Congo, rijst een bergwand op waarachter de hoogvlaktes liggen, een onherbergzame streek zonder wegen of elektriciteit die door de Belgen nauwelijks gekoloniseerd werd. Het is een gebied zoals er in Afrika zovele zijn: een mengeling van militarisme, bijgeloof en profetieën regeert het dagelijks leven. ...

Studie over de strategie ten aanzien van literaire vertalingen van de uitgevers Het Spectrum, J.M. Meulenhoff, Contact en L.J. Veen in de periode 1945-1970.

An authority on eighteenth-century music explores the background and composition of Messiah and gives the complex subsequent history of the work. Paintings, engravings, caricatures, and facsimiles of Handel's autograph score illustrate the text.