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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 ...

New York City–based Hoefler & Co., headed by award-winning type designer Jonathan Hoefler, has designed typefaces for magazines such as Rolling Stone and Sports Illustrated, and its Hoefler Text ...

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 ...

Turn up the attitude in your designs with graffiti fonts that scream personality. From chunky bubble letters to sharp, rebellious tags, these fonts bring an urban edge that instantly grabs attention.

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

Whether you realize it or not, you're designing every day. It might be a simple document, an updated resume, or a presentation, but either way you're making design choices, in particular about ...

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Akira Kobayashi’s tenure as type director at Linotype. Born in Tokyo in 1960, he studied graphic design at Musashino Art University. Kobayashi began his career ...

Parts of this article come from an excerpt of Just My Type by Simon Garfield. Published by arrangement with Gotham Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc ...