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Book SynopsisThe Letter and the Cosmos is a sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet,
Trade Review"A sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet, "The Letter and the Cosmos" is illustrated with copious examples of the visual and linguistic phenomena which de Looze describes. Read it, and you'll never look at the alphabet the same way again." -- Paul T Vogel Midwest Book Review, August 5, 2016
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Ancient Greek Letters Latin Letters and the Enduring Influence of Roman Scripts Christian Letters The Letters of Humanism Baroque Variations and the Search for a Universal Language Logical Letters: The Alphabet in the Age of Reason The Alphabets of the Industrialized World From Modern Experiments to Post-Modern Experiences Into the New Millennium
