It was phenomenally exiting to receive a snazzy little taster of Sceptre's forthcoming book Just My Typo, compiled by Drummond Moir (find him on Twitter here). The girlfriend of a design, typography and font fiend (the delightful Benedict tweets here) I was already familiar with the fabulous tome Just My Type, which seems to have inspired this new tittle.
The short preview that I received presents a variety of typos and miscommunications in a fun and accessible way. Diverse areas are covered, including authors' typos (Large Hardon Collider, eek!), kids' typos, 'My Favourite Typo' features and the future of the typo - yes, mispelled words will rein supreme as long as written words exist. Drummond has done well to bring a libary of typos together in one centralised repository for instant amusement, entertainment and a sense of 'at least that wasn't me' in the minds of bookish folks everywhere.
I work in publishing, pacifically in the editorial department of Osprey Publishing. The fear of typos and the horror of their inevitable existence can sometimes be too much to bare, which is one of the main reasons I am so pleased to get an advance preview of this book. It will shorely unify editors everywhere and be a source of comfort and reassurance when we accidentally send the word 'pubic' instead of 'public' to print. Sceptre and Drummond, you are doing a great service to editors. This book will probably be like therapy.
There is no doubt that Just My Typo will do well - it will be brought for pedants, writers and publishers, and together we will smirk and cringe.
Will I buy it? Yes, but I will wait until January when everyone I know has had the chance to buy it for me as a Christmas present first.
