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ktinkel · 07-06-2005, 08:46 AM

Caught this entertaining link from the July 2005 issue of the LinoLetter newsletter: AmazType — a typographic book search.

Select your local Amazon, type of media (books, music), type in a search word (TYPOGRAPHY, say), and ask it to search by title.

Within a few moments, with lots of bleeps and blipping noises, the letters of your search word will be created on-screen with the letters formed by a collection of book covers. Click on one of them, and it blows up, and in excruciatingly tiny all-caps type, you get the title, author, and a link to Amazon so you can buy it if you want.

Silly, but cute. Comes from Japan.

07-06-2005, 08:46 AM	#1
ktinkel Founding Sysop Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: In Connecticut, on the Housatonic River near its mouth at Long Island Sound. Posts: 11,202	AmazType (fun on the web) Caught this entertaining link from the July 2005 issue of the LinoLetter newsletter: AmazType — a typographic book search. Select your local Amazon, type of media (books, music), type in a search word (TYPOGRAPHY, say), and ask it to search by title. Within a few moments, with lots of bleeps and blipping noises, the letters of your search word will be created on-screen with the letters formed by a collection of book covers. Click on one of them, and it blows up, and in excruciatingly tiny all-caps type, you get the title, author, and a link to Amazon so you can buy it if you want. Silly, but cute. Comes from Japan. __________________ ::

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