Robert Norton (1) (1929–2001)

This would have been a delightful keepsake after a typographical convention (perhaps that's what it actually is), but as an actual book out in the world for laypeople to read, nope. Various typographers or type designers were asked about a favourite or hated typeface, and responded with varying intensity and amounts, from sentences like "I enjoy Garamond" to two-page small print diatribes. It's a bit like when your knitting circle exchanges recipes--fun, but not the stuff that literary greatness is made of. If you're interested in learning more about typefaces, make sure you read Stop Stealing Sheep first, and then branch out from there into the less satisfying esoterica.

(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!… (meer)