Typefaces

Listen, Calibri. It’s not you, it’s Microsoft. After 15 years, Microsoft announced today that it’s commissioned five…

There is perhaps no single typographer whose work can be found in such a diverse range of applications. Adrian…

The history of the Star Wars logo has long been controversial for its purported connection to fascist or even Nazi…

In welcome news for those of us who couldn’t take another year squinting at that spindly, bad-for-screens typeface,…

The art of handwritten script is lost on most of us keyboard-attached slobs. But over the past few years, a small…

They found them in a file cabinet. The original masters for a legendary typeface called Haas Unica, designed in the…

What does a world-class city need these days? Museums, skyscrapers, leafy parks, and, perhaps, a custom typeface.

Brittle, anemic Helvetica is simply not a good choice as a default display font for Apple's operating system. That's…

Humans have been writing for a long, long time—we were making lettermarks for thousands of years. Of course, that…

It was square, squat, and inherently cute. It was friendly. It was easy to use. I'm talking about the beige box…

When she was a design student, Khyati Trehan embarked on an ambitious project to highlight history's 26 most…

Despite the grim PSAs and massive fines, plenty of us still end up reading our in-dash displays on the road, whether…

We all love stories about teenagers schooling the government, but sometimes we get schooled, too. Last week, we…

Of the many schemes to make the government more efficient, this is probably the only one that involves typography. A…

iOS 7's switch to the Helvetica Neue Ultra Light typeface was one of the bigger design points for the new OS. But it…

If people are snooping on your textual communications and you don't like it, there are a couple of things you can…

Apple had three favorite typefaces: Myriad, Lucida Grande and Helvetica Neue. Now there's a new favorite: Avenir. It…

Watching this video, I can see all too well how cruel the favored typefaces are for dyslexic readers. If this…

Dogs. Fonts. Comic Sans. There's no need to explain this poster, really. [Fuckyeahdementia based on Fineline Design]

I always hated tombstones. I don't want a tombstone. I want to be cremated and sent to space. Or buried at sea. But…