“Right from the beginning, I was convinced that Avenir is the better Futura,” said a confident Adrian Frutiger in a recent interview looking back at his 1988 creation. In some respects, his declaration was more than mere boasting — coming… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“The superellipse — also common in Hermann Zapf’s lettering for book covers — can feel dated, perhaps because it brings to mind the shape of a vintage TV screen.” — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“weight. Arnhem also sports an unusually large x-height for a serif, which enables not only dense text, but also a more harmonious fit with… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“FF Yoga Sans is part of a double-barreled assault on the traditional classics, with its partner an update of Humanist serifs like Garamond. Not… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“Lexicon was created specifically for dictionaries. As such, it is optimized for maximum readability in a minimum of space. It achieves this using methods… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“Filosofia is pretty and polite, but comes from the country. Good for: Artisanal baked goods. Fine jams and preserves.” — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“FF DIN Designer: Albert-Jan Pool // Foundry: FontFont // Country of origin: Germany Release year: 1995 // Classification: Geometric Sans DIN is essentially the… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“Christian Schwartz closely followed the three original weights and added a “Super” heavy weight, which required some changes in form, but retains the tailed… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“Right from the beginning, I was convinced that Avenir is the better Futura,” said a confident Adrian Frutiger in a recent interview looking back… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“Most people will likely encounter Ingeborg’s showy Display variants: the decorative fill and shadow of Block, and the buxom swashes of Fat Italic. These… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“spirit. These rich curves feel crafted by hand, not computer. Dashing — maybe even exuberant — Baskerville has been known to steal the show,… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“Heron Serif is a strong, no-nonsense, hard-nosed typeface ready to go to work. There is a solid monolinear quality to every weight and style… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“well suited for long texts on coarse resolution displays, and that’s exactly why Amazon chose it as the default face for their Kindle. PMN… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“Bell Centennial’s bizarre “4” and “M” are a perfect lesson in type made specifically for its intended medium. In this case, the platform was… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“When sans serif printing type first appeared in the early to mid-1800s, some found the style so strange they called it “grotesque.” These typefaces… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“Good for: Reminiscing. Gentle instruction. Putting readers at ease.” — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“Carol Twombly’s source was Trajan’s Column, an early 2nd-century monument in Rome. While the letters were inscribed into stone with a chisel, recent research… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
