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One of the major traps, when talking about type, is mixing up fonts with typefaces or treating them as synonymous. Many a typographic expert has haughtily corrected a beginner for mistakenly using the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Paul Renner; VW As an integral part of memorable, successful design, good typography can ...

Volvo’s latest automotive safety feature uses a specially designed infotainment screen font to improve legibility and reduce driver distraction.

What constitutes a flawed typeface? For this article it is defined as a typeface that is perfectly fine — except for one nagging aspect, usually a single character. A flawed typeface is one that ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has dumped a Biden-era change to the State Department’s typeface, justifying the switch as ...

Wu Di and Wang Lvyun of Lung Tin look at what options are available to prevent copying of fonts and typefaces in China Choosing the right typeface is often the key to a great logo design, graphic or ...

We have access to more fonts today than ever before, and so many are free! Fonts, like graphics, can make or break a presentation (such as a PowerPoint slideshow); sell a book, magazine, newspaper (or ...

Parts of this article come from an excerpt of Just My Type by Simon Garfield. Published by arrangement with Gotham Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc ...