Fonts play a crucial part in any graphic design project. Whether it’s an album cover, product packaging or a poster design, using the right font can help with the storytelling and message that you ...

Steve Matteson has designed some of the most ubiquitous typefaces in the world, and engineered the original core fonts for Microsoft, adapting Times New Roman, Arial, and Courier, which you’ve ...

This large and versatile typeface family invigorates a two-century-old classic design and answers the question, ‘What would Justus do?’ WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monotype (Nasdaq: TYPE) today ...

What makes a great font for a smartphone? Aside from legibility, is it its simplicity, its brand recognition, or the way it influences people's feelings toward the product? From neutral and casual, to ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A new Berlin exhibition shines a light on the man behind the typeface designs for brands recognized by millions of people the world over. Typographer Erik Spiekermann is the subject ...

Fonts may live in our computers, but every outline of every letter, number, and symbol in a typeface is originally crafted by human hand. In the 1800s this happened via a copper plate engraving ...

The 1980s might nowadays be associated with cheesy pop and gaudy materialism. But it was also a transformative period in design, characterised by a bold exploration of new technology and artistic ...

When you think of the Bauhaus, you probably think of buildings, objects and famous designers. What you don’t think of is a logo or corporate identity. And for good reason. Today, the Bauhaus is an ...

One of the major traps, when talking about type, is mixing up fonts with typefaces or treating them as synonymous. Many a typographic expert has haughtily corrected a beginner for mistakenly using the ...

This week, while Harper Lee is thrust back into the spotlight because of her much-anticipated sophomore novel Go Set a Watchman, someone else, heretofore unrelated to the book, is experiencing a ...