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This Dynamic Typeface Interacts with You
News: Written on February 9, 2010
LAIKA is an experimental interactive typeface. See it in action!
Mr Eaves XL Sans Is a Supersize Font
News: Written on January 29, 2010
Zuzana Licko designed Emigre's newest typeface, Mr Eaves XL Sans.
A Bevy of New Typefaces
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 18, 2010
Whether you need a font that's suave and stylish, hip and happening, or simply mind-bending, these new releases are worth a look.
The Daily Drop Cap Reaches "Z"
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 14, 2010
Download and enjoy 26 illustrated initials.
What Type Are You?
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 11, 2010
What typeface, that is. Answer the doctor's questions and all will be revealed.
10 Most Popular Fonts of 2009
News: Written on January 7, 2010
Catch up on recent trends by surveying the ten best-selling fonts of the past year on MyFonts.com. Do you have any of them?
The Making of a Typeface
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 29, 2009
Have you ever wondered what goes into creating a font? Type designer Rob Keller gives you his firsthand account.
Great Gift for Font Lovers
News: Written on December 23, 2009
P22 Font Gift Certificates, starting at $19.95, are available for the last-minute shopper.
Play the Font Game on the iPhone
News: Written on December 21, 2009
Are you a typographic tyro or a font fanatic? You can only know for sure by playing the game!
Hidden Type Treasures
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 17, 2009
Typefaces from Hoefler & Frere-Jones and other foundries hols glyphs that you can use like illustrations in miniature.
A Question of Character: Finding What You Need in Your Fonts, Part 2
Features: Written by James Felici on November 16, 2009
Everything you wanted to know about Unicode but didn’t know whom to ask. Bonus: A cheat sheet for instantly creating such characters as fractions; up and down arrows; and open and filled circles and squares.
New Type Suite Is a Study in Contrasts
News: Written on November 10, 2009
ITC Chino is a newly released suite of 12 designs that range from fanciful, script-like display fonts, to typefaces with a decidedly judicious demeanor.
Type Luminaries Speak on PRI
News: Written by Terri Stone on November 5, 2009
Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Matthew Carter, and Tracy Honn discuss typefaces past and present in a recent episode of "To the Best of Our Knowledge." Thanks to the Internet, you can listen to it right now!
New Fonts from Independent Foundries
News: Written on November 4, 2009
These two new typefaces are thoughtfully designed. Premiéra was created with small sizes in mind; Ingeborg is a Modern face that's readable at any size.
Mrs Eaves Gets a Hubby
News: Written on October 21, 2009
Type foundry Émigré has released the typefaces Mr Eaves Sans and Mr Eaves Modern.
19 Top Combos of the 19 Top Typefaces
News: Written by Terri Stone on October 20, 2009
Would you pair Helvetica with Garamond? What about Minion with Gill Sans or FF Din with Baskerville? Check out the list and let us know what you think!
New Typeface Family Well-Suited to Newspapers, Periodicals
News: Written on October 12, 2009
Monotype Library's Ysobel Pro typeface suite has the soft, inviting letter shapes of Century Schoolbook but contrasts these with more angular serifs.
P22 Gets Spooky
News: Written on October 8, 2009
This chilling new font is evocative of the type in horror films and posters.
Greek Font Inspired by Roman Column
News: Written on October 5, 2009
Monumenta Pro is a serif titling face available as Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek alphabets. It comes with interesting alternates for each language.
Antique Gothic Grotesque: Deciphering the Typeface Name Game
Features: Written by James Felici on October 5, 2009
The vocabulary of type is mysterious at best, and nowhere is this more true than in how typefaces are labeled. Yet knowing how typefaces are named and categorized has very practical benefits.