​The Leonard Lopate Show at wnyc.org

Simon Garfield talks about the history of fonts, from font "pirating" dating back nearly as far as Gutenberg to the creation of Comic Sans and Ikea's font-change controversy. Just My Type: A Book About Fonts shows how something as simple as font choice can speak volumes about our cultural climate and personal tastes.

Garfield will be speaking at the Type Directors Club on September 20, 2011.

The following trailer for the book, featuring 999 fonts in 60 seconds, was designed and directed by Naresh Ramchandani and Michael Bierut at Pentagram.