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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. State Department changed its official font from the reader-friendly Calibri back to Times New Roman. Michel Martin speaks with an accessibility design expert about why fonts matter.

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

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.

Whenever you design, you can combine graphics, font, color, and other elements. The font combinations you use will impact your design. No matter how well you use the other elements, if your font ...

Prolific typeface designer Hermann Zapf passed away earlier this month at the age of 96. The creator of approximately 200 fonts and typefaces, he is best known for his works Optima, Palatino, Zapfino, ...

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 ...