An interview with the author of 'Just My Type', Simon Garfield, can be found on the link below. In the Q&A he discusses the typography used within his book and his top 10 modern typefaces.
http://200-percent-blog.blogspot.com/2011/01/simon-garfield.html
Just My Type reached no. 57 in ALL BOOKS on the Amazon UK and WH Smith charts. No. 1 and 2 in Humour on Amazon UK.
Comic Sans is Chapter 1 and probably why it is No. 1 in humour. Simon is great guy!
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