[Editor’s Note: This article is originally from New Year’s Eve 2009. Add a penny and the rest still applies for New Year’s Day 2011.] It’s easy to complain about the soul-eroding tyranny of ...

Tough but charming, HVD Comic Serif makes Comic Sans look like a wimpy Silver Age bad guy. It’s well-designed, and will work in any context for which it’s appropriate. “So many designers hate Comic ...

Comic Sans was created for a talking cartoon dog named Rover. But in the 25 years since its debut, the much-maligned, comic-book-inspired font has made its way into a Vatican-produced photo album of ...

We are wedded to fonts; they work their way into our hearts and minds Right now you are reading one of the Guardian’s fancy fonts from our in-house typeface family. It’s possible you don’t care about ...