The 1990s ushered in a radical new era for typography, as the rise of desktop publishing democratised font design and unleashed unprecedented creative experimentation. What emerged was a wild mix of ...

When Thomas Rickner decided he wanted to be a type designer after a lecture on the history of Baskerville at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the mid-1980s, his typography professor had some ...

If you're new to typography, it may feel like you have to learn a new language to understand what typographers are talking about. There are more terms that you can shake a stick at, and that's before ...

Tré Seals plans to ease the world out of its Helvetica obsession one font at a time. After becoming frustrated by the monotony of the graphic design industry, he started his own foundry, Vocal Type, ...

Editor’s Note: Paul McNeil is a typographic designer with experience in brand and corporate communications. He is co-founder of London graphic design studio MuirMcNeil, and currently works as a Senior ...

Digestive is a peculiar font. Its ornate, wiggly letters make it look a bit like calligraphy by aliens from outer space. But Digestive isn't just unusual in how it looks. It's also unusual in how it ...

AI will revolutionise the design and use of typography, a new report claims. Monotype just released their annual type trends report, but unlike in previous years, it isn’t a look back at ten visual ...

Technology causes disruption and innovation for all facets of the world, a rule that is being shown in current times more so than almost any other. 3-D printers are challenging factories. Kickstarter ...

As an Internet marketer, conversion is our bread and butter. I can guarantee you spend a large part of your time pondering ways to optimize landing pages. Things like copy and design are the obvious ...

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 ...