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Fonts on Friday: Influenced by the '70s

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on May 18, 2012

Bookmania and Herbie

Fonts on Friday: Crafty Handmade Fonts

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on May 11, 2012

Knit, Sown, Grown, Bent, and more!

Reviving a Victorian-American Typeface

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 27, 2012

Cristoforo and H.P. Lovecraft come together in Kickstarter project

Font Bureau's Readability Series Goes Retail

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 26, 2012

Previously only available to private clients, now available to public

Fonts on Friday: Nothing Fancy

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 13, 2012

Regular and Prosto

Fonts on Friday: Decorative Display Type

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 6, 2012

Fancy Antique Display, Metropolis 1920, Muirside

The "Original" Helvetica

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 3, 2012

Font Bureau releases Neue Haas Grotesk

Case Study: Designing a New Logo

Features: Written by Thomas Phinney on April 2, 2012

What goes into developing a new typographic logo? Where do you start? How do you know what works — and what doesn't? Follow along as the company Extensis refreshes its branding with a new logotype.

Fonts on Friday: Geometry and Line

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on March 30, 2012

Frustro, Lineo, and Moav

A Font "Dating" Game

News: Written on March 27, 2012

Test your skills as a type matchmaker.

Fonts on Friday: Three indie typefaces to add to your collection

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on March 23, 2012

Abraham Lincoln, L.C. Smith, and Malleable Grotesque

Fonts on Friday: Three Indie Typefaces to Add to Your Collection

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on March 23, 2012

Abraham Lincoln, L.C. Smith, and Malleable Grotesque

Robert Slimbach: Type Designer for the Digital Age

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on March 2, 2012

Influential font "Original" celebrates 25 years at Adobe.

Pentagram Designs New Windows Logo

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on February 20, 2012

Paula Scher reframes the Microsoft icon with the look and feel of a window.

Linotype Film Premieres in NY, Travels to Other Screens

News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on February 17, 2012

This type-centric documentary comes to San Francisco on February 21 and Seattle on March 7.

Try These Type Webinars from Ilene Strizver

News: Written by Terri Stone on January 10, 2012

If your print or online projects use type, you can benefit from this series of webinars designed by CreativePro.com columnist and type expert Ilene Strizver.

Hand-Lettering Lovers, Rejoice

News: Written by Terri Stone on January 4, 2012

Lisa Congdon (known for her Collection a Day and her work as an illustrator/artist) is at it again. She's committed to creating and posting an example of hand lettering for every day in 2012.

European Design Conference Comes to America

News: Written by Terri Stone on November 16, 2011

The first TYPO conference held in the United States will be in San Francisco on April 5 and 6, 2012.

Best of the Blogs: November 4, 2011

Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on November 7, 2011

This circumnavigation of the blogosphere includes posts about fonts (best, worst, and missing), color correction (Photoshop curves and/or levels), paper (handmade and mill run), printers (desktop and press), color calibration (monitor and printer), and an impressive if controversial demo of photo-deblurring technology. Plus, job hunting tips and product how-tos.

Make Monograms the Easy Way

News: Written by Terri Stone on October 31, 2011

Inexpensive fonts let you create custom monograms and cyphers from any letter combination. The styles range from traditional to childlike.

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