Figuring out the different types of typography can be as confusing as trying to say 'types of type' quickly. In this guide, we'll go through the categories you need to know, the defining features you ...

When used correctly, font selection usually goes unnoticed, blending seamlessly with content and reader. When the One Times Square Billboard used a retired Microsoft Word default Calibri font to usher ...

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Digestive is a peculiar font. Its ornate, wiggly letters make it look a bit like calligraphy by aliens from outer space. But Digestive isn't just unusual in how it looks. It's also unusual in how it ...

Reading glasses or not, some fonts can be very hard to read. When it comes to readability of text, different attributes like the style, color and size make the design more or less visible. To ...

When Canonical unveiled Ubuntu’s branding overhaul and new desktop theme earlier this year, the company also revealed that it had commissioned well-known type foundry Dalton Maag to design a new font ...

About four years ago, I received a surprising email—not surprising because of what it said, but because of the way it looked. The text was set in Courier, that font you see in movies when hackers ...

When Thomas Rickner decided he wanted to be a type designer after a lecture on the history of Baskerville at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the mid-1980s, his typography professor had some ...

Typography is a powerful brand tool that can add visual meaning to what is communicated. Northwestern’s typography is flexible enough to meet a wide range of situations and requirements. Our brand ...

Volvo’s latest automotive safety feature uses a specially designed infotainment screen font to improve legibility and reduce driver distraction.