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Bad Microsoft Word Typography
From the company that popularized Arial, here are three examples of bad typography in Microsoft Word. Bad typesetting in Word finds its…
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Taking Back: Times New Roman
Yes all designers HATE Times New Roman, but let’s face it- on the web we are very limited on what fonts we…
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The Trends in Web Typography
We’re seeing change in font use and designs in Web 2.0, but these changes aren’t just aesthetic but functional too. So I…
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Typography in Web Advertising
We have become an increasingly visual society in the years since the advent of television in the 1950s. If other web advertisers…
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How many Helvetica versions are there?
When Linotype acquired the Helvetica family it was in disarray - two different names for the same version, variations in design features.…
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Myriad Typeface
Better known today for being Apple’s main font on their website, iPod and more, Myriad is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by…
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The 7 Worst Fonts
Ugly fonts, cutesy fonts, unreadable fonts, bad fonts . . . they have terrorized us for far too long, infiltrating our homes……
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Font Display on Apple VS PC
Apple and Microsoft have always disagreed in how to display fonts on computer displays. Today, both companies are using sub-pixel rendering to…
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Helvetica: The little typeface that leaves a big mark
It has now been 50 years since Helvetica was introduced. Even if you’ve never heard its name before, you would be bound…
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This Day in Type
There is a new wicked typography website that allows designers to submit an original design using a font of their choice for…
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