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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 Robert Slimbach (born 1956) and Carol Twombly (born…
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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… this article presents the seven worst fonts–and the…
Technical
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 coax sharper-looking fonts out of typical low resolution…
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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 to recognize the typeface, because you’ll have seen…
Websites
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 a specific date. After submitting the artwork, public…
Famous Fonts
Can you spot the difference? Arial or Helvetica?
Once there was a typeface called Helvetica. It was extremely popular. Later came a software company called Microsoft. They ‘borrowed’ Helvetica for their operating system and called it Arial. This…
Technology
Test Your Fonts with TypeTester
Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. It allows you to choose from a list of PC and MAC fonts, or you can also…
Best Fonts
Alternatives to Helvetica
There are many reasons why Helvetica is so widespread. The most obvious being that a few weights have been bundled with the Mac OS for years. It is arguably the…