And does the distinction even matter anymore? We ask design experts Gary Hustwit, Eddie Opara, and Tobias Frere-Jones to weigh in. One of the major traps, when talking about type, is mixing up fonts ...

The Garamond font has been around for centuries. The original typeface was created in the 1500s by French engraver Claude Garamond. It is described as an "old-style serif" font, inspired by Roman ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Most fonts are designed for ease of use. Lora, which you’re ...

What did Comic Sans ever do to us? The font was one of the typefaces preloaded onto Windows 95—where it stuck out like a sore thumb alongside more stately options like Arial and Times New Roman—and as ...

In the everyday hustle of working online, the fonts we use in documents and emails aren't given a second thought. But your favourite font could speak volumes about your personality, according to a ...

There are a number of people in the world who are dyslexic. Ultimately, scientists think that this condition affects some 10% of the population. Some studies have suggested that it affects 17% of ...

Twitter recently got a makeover, and you might have noticed something looks pretty different as you scroll. As you look closer at the tweets, you’ll probably notice a change in the font — and you are ...

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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 ...