The Helvetica font family is everywhere. It’s used on everything from subway signage to federal tax forms to advertisements for a diverse group of companies, including Harley-Davidson, Oral-B, and ...

The company’s first typeface, called IBM Plex, is free for anyone to use. IBM is no stranger to icons. Over the years, it’s created quite a few: the mainframe computer, the ThinkPad laptop, the ...

Typeface company Monotype has overhauled the Helvetica font over 60 years after it was first created to give it a fresh new look for the 21st century. Spearheaded by the company's type director ...

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monotype today introduced Helvetica Now Variable, offering over a million new Helvetica Now styles in one state-of-the-art font file. Helvetica Now Variable builds on ...

Helvetica is one of the most widely used typefaces of the 20th and 21st centuries. Originally created 62 years ago by Swiss type designers Max Miedinger and Edouard Hoffmann, the sans-serif has graced ...

Spanish design studio Husmee has asked 19 designers to celebrate Helvetica’s 60th anniversary with an original poster.

Not many typefaces are as well known or divisive as Helvetica. “Lots of people love it. Lots of people hate it. I love it and hate it at the same time,” says Jop van Bennekom, the creative director ...

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This week David Brancaccio spoke with creative producer Mike Merrill about the common visual design that many corporate brands use these days. Merrill is known for coining the term “Corporate Memphis” ...