Famous Fonts
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…
Author: UF Team
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…
Font types
Choice of Fonts for Emails
There’s an interesting article at the Wichite State University website that deals with how a font choice in your email can change your recipient’s perception of your email. A sample email message…
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Download New Vista Fonts – Free!
Microsoft is shipping great new fonts with its new operating system Windows Vista. You can download the fonts for free and legally as part of the 2007 version of the…
Best Fonts
Sans Serif Fonts for Winning Web Design
A font relies strictly on text to convey a message and the message can be literally what a design is all about. The shape of the letters combined with the…
Font types
Old English Fonts
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Ye Olde Publication needs some help. An Old English font is the perfect choice for advertisements, invitations, newsletters, flyers, greeting cards and any publication that demands…