Not sure if it is a weird thing,but I love when a novel states “THE END” on the last page. Just perused a handful of my books and the only one that does so is “ War and Peace.” It seems to me that this used to be more routine and am curious as to why it is now uncommon.🤔
Oh, yes! I thought I might be the only person to actually read these notes. I’m so thrilled that not only you but many of your other commenters also love them!
I love this too. I just finished Piranesi yesterday and there was a Note on the type in the back of that too. (Bloomsbury publishing) I also like when there seems to be symbolism in the names, so in that they were Perpetua and Felicity (italic). I also like when there is a note about the actual event that inspired the fictional story, like in The Maiden, and I think Mrs England had that too. I haven't watched your other video yet, but I'm intrigued now :) (If you get two of this comment, my connection broke just as I was posting it... soo....... love that as well!)
I love the font minion pro for book layout. When I was in grad school, I took a typography class and we had to learn how to replicate type face by hand on posterboard with pen and ink , and it was so hard! but it taught us how to identify the parts of the letters, I could never do that now, but it was a good lesson. I think we had to use Baskerville, Bembo, Futura, and maybe one other.
I mostly read ebooks these days, so I just switch to whatever type is most convenient. I do like the notes on type though, even if they don't apply. A list of illustrations / plates makes the book experience seem a bit more classy for me, or at least old-fashioned. Maps are a must in some types of books, but are treated like a bonus these days. I appreciate it when they are on the end papers so I don't have to fumble around for them. I have some nature field guides that include a printed ruler inside the cover. Can't always find a ruler, but I can find those books.
I agree about maps on the end papers being the best and I always enjoy the list of illustrations as Front matter. I don’t think I’ve ever had a boom with a ruler.🤓
Listened to this yesterday wondering when I'd seen the type reference in a book. Just finished one printed in Janson from Ballantine Books "an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC".
I have noticed the About the Type note in the back but hadn't tracked the publisher. I just bought Ruth Reichl's new novel "The Paris Novel" from Random House and it has it. This book is in Fairfield by Rudolph Ruzicka (1883-1978). Fun video.
It blows my mind that we don’t know exactly who Shakespeare was while living in the same world in which the esoterica of individual font carvers and dates have been preserved over figures that surely must look to most casual viewers as so many of the very same sheep in an rolling landscape.
@@BookishTexan SHAKESPEARE: I wrote these letters down. PUBLIC: It’s Romeo and Juliet! FONT CREATOR: I carved these letters. PUBLIC: It’s an alphabet, but is only just slightly more or less rounded or angular than thousands of others just like it. History won’t be impressed. HISTORY: Hold my beer…
I love this detail about Knopf hardbacks! I had no idea! I just checked my edition of There, There by Tommy Orange! My Knopf paperbacks don’t have that information though, sadly.
Every John Updike hardcover ends with that note (Knopf was his publisher). I thought it was particular to him since he had a character (Rabbit) that was a linotyper and so I thought he was big on fonts. :) I don't think I realized it was a Knopf thing. They do put out nice hardcovers though.
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Not sure if it is a weird thing,but I love when a novel states “THE END” on the last page. Just perused a handful of my books and the only one that does so is “ War and Peace.” It seems to me that this used to be more routine and am curious as to why it is now uncommon.🤔
I like that too, but it isn’t something I think about very often.
I think about this when I’m reading to my daughter. I always add The End because most of them don’t say it and I wish they did :)
Oh, yes! I thought I might be the only person to actually read these notes. I’m so thrilled that not only you but many of your other commenters also love them!
I was very pleased to see that you and so many others share my interest in the Note About the Type
I love this too. I just finished Piranesi yesterday and there was a Note on the type in the back of that too. (Bloomsbury publishing) I also like when there seems to be symbolism in the names, so in that they were Perpetua and Felicity (italic). I also like when there is a note about the actual event that inspired the fictional story, like in The Maiden, and I think Mrs England had that too. I haven't watched your other video yet, but I'm intrigued now :) (If you get two of this comment, my connection broke just as I was posting it... soo....... love that as well!)
Thanks for the heads up on the Bloomsbury imprint having the notes. I will be going back through my shelves to try to find more.
Yes, love the font blurbs. I had a friend in school who wanted to design fonts. It's a thing that so often goes unnoticed.
Designing a font would be cool but I know that I do not have the patience.
I've seen those notes before, but never really paid attention to them...now I will!
They can be a little addictive.
I love the font minion pro for book layout. When I was in grad school, I took a typography class and we had to learn how to replicate type face by hand on posterboard with pen and ink , and it was so hard! but it taught us how to identify the parts of the letters, I could never do that now, but it was a good lesson. I think we had to use Baskerville, Bembo, Futura, and maybe one other.
I can’t imagine having the patience to replicate type faces by hand. I would have dropped the class and changed my path😂😂😂
The note on the type is the best thing in Stella Maris. Hilarious.
Glad somebody caught that.😁
I mostly read ebooks these days, so I just switch to whatever type is most convenient. I do like the notes on type though, even if they don't apply. A list of illustrations / plates makes the book experience seem a bit more classy for me, or at least old-fashioned. Maps are a must in some types of books, but are treated like a bonus these days. I appreciate it when they are on the end papers so I don't have to fumble around for them. I have some nature field guides that include a printed ruler inside the cover. Can't always find a ruler, but I can find those books.
I agree about maps on the end papers being the best and I always enjoy the list of illustrations as Front matter. I don’t think I’ve ever had a boom with a ruler.🤓
Listened to this yesterday wondering when I'd seen the type reference in a book. Just finished one printed in Janson from Ballantine Books "an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC".
Thanks for the heads up on where I can find more!
I have noticed the About the Type note in the back but hadn't tracked the publisher. I just bought Ruth Reichl's new novel "The Paris Novel" from Random House and it has it. This book is in Fairfield by Rudolph Ruzicka (1883-1978). Fun video.
Thanks for letting me know that Random House does the About the Type notes as well
It blows my mind that we don’t know exactly who Shakespeare was while living in the same world in which the esoterica of individual font carvers and dates have been preserved over figures that surely must look to most casual viewers as so many of the very same sheep in an rolling landscape.
That is mind blowing. I’m guessing it’s because artisans left better business records than playwrights and poets.
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SHAKESPEARE: I wrote these letters down.
PUBLIC: It’s Romeo and Juliet!
FONT CREATOR: I carved these letters.
PUBLIC: It’s an alphabet, but is only just slightly more or less rounded or angular than thousands of others just like it. History won’t be impressed.
HISTORY: Hold my beer…
I love this detail about Knopf hardbacks! I had no idea! I just checked my edition of There, There by Tommy Orange! My Knopf paperbacks don’t have that information though, sadly.
I’m sorry to hear the Knopf paperbacks don’t retain the note on type feature.
I love fonts, but that is definitely a quirky little thing to notice.
Every John Updike hardcover ends with that note (Knopf was his publisher). I thought it was particular to him since he had a character (Rabbit) that was a linotyper and so I thought he was big on fonts. :) I don't think I realized it was a Knopf thing. They do put out nice hardcovers though.
Now that you mention it I think the first time I noticed it in a book might have been in an Updike book and not a GGM book.
I like notes on fonts, too.
Glad that I am not alone
I like it too.
I thought it was an old-timey thing not exclusive to Knopf - but then in “olde times” I never noticed the imprint.
It may be. I’ll have to do some checking
Yeah, but Knopf do deckled edges which are unpardonable (not to say unconscionable) and even once gave me a paper cut
Very true about the deckled edges.
I think it's marvelous to credit the typeface craft persons. If they credit translators, why not font designers?! Nice!
I agree and it makes me happy to see the names of these craftsman, many dead for centuries, being made known and their craftsmanship acknowledged.
I’m having Deja vu here as I’m sure someone else did a video recently where they read out some notes on the type - might have been Leaf by leaf?
I’ll look for his version. Thanks Ian
@@BookishTexan I was intrigued so went in search of it! It is on his video '5 years of leaf by leaf' at 32 minutes in. You'll love it!
@@ianp9086 I just watched it. His were great! Thanks again
My previous comment was half-joking. But the so called font fetishists are quite recognised in my country (Japan), but not in the USA?
Ha! Ok. Well thanks for the inspiration for this video.
"Just my type" by Sumon Gsrfield. Not weird at all. 😊
Thanks for the recommendation.
@@BookishTexan Simon Garfield.
Also, “Type - the secret history of letters” by Simon Loxley ❤
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Hello Khatoon!! So good to hear from you. I am doing well and I hope that you and your family are well. Congratulations and good luck on the oral interview. Thank you for the kind words. Poe definitely wrote some weird stories and poems. He was a very important American author and helped develop the detective and horror genres. Thank you again and stay well.