Author: BANHAM, STEPHEN.
Title: Characters. Cultural stories revealed through typography. Foreword by Rick Poyner.
Description: Square; pp. 272; frontispiece, profusely illustrated with colour photographs of which some are full page and double-page, some black and white photographs; endnotes, acknowledgements, select bibliography, index; dustjacket; a fine copy. Port Melbourne, Thames & Hudson, State Library of Victoria, (2011). This book reveals how the life of a city can be viewed through its letterforms, this could be done with any city in any country. The lens of this book is focused on Melbourne Australia. From architecture and advertising to cultural history and much more, this is a book that will appeal to historians, designers and typophiles alike. Featuring a treasure trove of long overlooked examples, Banham reveals how typography is a rich form of cultural expression, redefining the way we look at our surroundings one letter at a time.

Keywords: art Melbourne Australia visual cultural history typography