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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. WHERE DO OUR LETTERS COME FROM?The Accountant, the King, the Priest, and the Poet traces the extraordinary 5,000-year journey of the Latin alphabet-from the clay tablets of Sumer to the pages of modern design. Through twenty-six artifacts, Colleen Comerford explores how writing systems evolved, adapted, and spread across cultures, shaped by trade, religion, conquest, and creativity.Blending design, history, and storytelling, this book offers students, educators, and curious readers a visually rich introduction to the roots of written communication. It offers a broad and concise historical overview of where, when, why, how, and by whom the alphabet developed. Intended especially for students of design, it provides historical context for design decisions and connects past letterforms to contemporary visual communication.This is more than a history of letters-it is a tribute to the inventors, translators, and everyday people who shaped the most widely used alphabetic system in the world. By exploring how ancient ideas continue to influence the present, it invites readers to see the alphabet not just as a set of characters, but as a living legacy of human creativity.Colleen Comerford earned her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, studied visual communication in Paris at the Parsons School of Design, and earned her MFA from the University of Massachusetts. She has worked professionally as a graphic designer and illustrator. She has taught at the Mass College of Art + Design, Simmons University, and spent four years in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching at Dar Al Hekma University. She is the author of ABCing: Seeing the Alphabet Differently. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. WHERE DO OUR LETTERS COME FROM?The Accountant, the King, the Priest, and the Poet traces the extraordinary 5,000-year journey of the Latin alphabet-from the clay tablets of Sumer to the pages of modern design. Through twenty-six artifacts, Colleen Comerford explores how writing systems evolved, adapted, and spread across cultures, shaped by trade, religion, conquest, and creativity.Blending design, history, and storytelling, this book offers students, educators, and curious readers a visually rich introduction to the roots of written communication. It offers a broad and concise historical overview of where, when, why, how, and by whom the alphabet developed. Intended especially for students of design, it provides historical context for design decisions and connects past letterforms to contemporary visual communication.This is more than a history of letters-it is a tribute to the inventors, translators, and everyday people who shaped the most widely used alphabetic system in the world. By exploring how ancient ideas continue to influence the present, it invites readers to see the alphabet not just as a set of characters, but as a living legacy of human creativity.Colleen Comerford earned her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, studied visual communication in Paris at the Parsons School of Design, and earned her MFA from the University of Massachusetts. She has worked professionally as a graphic designer and illustrator. She has taught at the Mass College of Art + Design, Simmons University, and spent four years in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching at Dar Al Hekma University. She is the author of ABCing: Seeing the Alphabet Differently. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.