Words Fail Me
Description
In this quirky new title designer and typographer Teresa Monachino rounds up and breaks down a variety of unruly words: words lacking in integrity, misleading words that do not mean what they say, words that mean more than they say, words with inconsistent pronunciation or spellings that are just plain cruel! Using striking and witty graphic design the author demands answers to such troublesome questions as, why is abbreviation such a long word, does monosyllabic really need five syllables and why is lisp so hard to say if you have one?
PUBLISHER:
Phaidon Press
ISBN-10:
071484635X
ISBN-13:
9780714846354
BINDING:
Hardback
PUBLICATION YEAR:
2006
NUMBER OF PAGES:
144
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
7.75(H) x 4.63(W) x 0.63(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General / Adult
LANGUAGE:
English