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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Garfield’s new book tracks the history of Comic Sans, from its kitschy speech-bubble origins to design-school anathema, and along ...
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – Have you ever asked yourself about Fonts? Where did they come from? Who invents them? How do you invent them? Are there rules? If you’re anything like me, these questions ...
Printed type is no mere neutral conveyor of ideas but an artistic medium in its own right, with psychological, social, and even sexual overtones, according to this lively romp through the history of ...
A short, educational animation about the history of fonts and typography. In a paper cutout stop-motion style, it begins with Gutenberg's creation of the first typeface, travels through the ...
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield is a nonfiction book about fonts. After reading this book I will never look at signs the same way again. As the book documents the history of fonts ...
Postscript is all but gone, and today, newer font standards such as TrueType and OpenType rule the roost. Here's how we got from desktop PostScript in the early '80s to today. When the Mac first ...