“Filosofia is pretty and polite, but comes from the country. Good for: Artisanal baked goods. Fine jams and preserves.” — Stephen Coles Baked goods Copy Share Image
“Good for: Reminiscing. Gentle instruction. Putting readers at ease.” — Stephen Coles Books Copy Share Image
“spirit. These rich curves feel crafted by hand, not computer. Dashing — maybe even exuberant — Baskerville has been known to steal… — Stephen Coles Computers 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… — Stephen Coles Language 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… — Stephen Coles Heavy 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… — Stephen Coles Weight Arnhem 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… — Stephen Coles Type Copy Share Image
“FF DIN Designer: Albert-Jan Pool // Foundry: FontFont // Country of origin: Germany Release year: 1995 // Classification: Geometric Sans DIN is… — 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… — Stephen Coles Kindle 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.”… — 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,… — Stephen Coles Trajan Column 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… — Stephen Coles Artist Copy Share Image
“MVB Verdigris is a direct response to these shortcomings. A distinguished Garalde inspired by 16th-century punchcutters, MVB Verdigris comes in a sturdy,… — Stephen Coles Digital age 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… — Stephen Coles Heron 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… — 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… — Stephen Coles Type Copy Share Image
“This is the result of a Harper’s Bazaar commission for a new version of the face that had long been a signature… — Stephen Coles Harper Bazaar Copy Share Image
“Rational typefaces are drawn, not written, but their origins still come from the pen. Using a method called “expansion,” stroke weight is… — Stephen Coles Typefaces Copy Share Image
“fact, Nitti has recently proven its effectiveness as the default font in iA Writer, the most popular word processor for the” — Stephen Coles Writing Copy Share Image
“The superellipse — also common in Hermann Zapf’s lettering for book covers — can feel dated, perhaps because it brings to mind… — Stephen Coles Artist Copy Share Image
“Minion is perhaps the most vanilla of serif typefaces. This isn’t necessarily a negative — often the goal of a text face… — Stephen Coles Goals Copy Share Image
“To some, this split personality is a negative trait, demonstrating an identity crisis — it can’t decide what it wants to be… — Stephen Coles Identity crisis Copy Share Image
“Key traits are a large x-height, strict geometry, and the infamous leaning letters and ligatures that allow extra tight fitting words. These… — Stephen Coles Avant garde Copy Share Image
“Luxury Diamond, an encapsulation metal engraving style, with its long triangular serifs, wide stance, and decorative details like the notched “R” and… — Stephen Coles Diamond Copy Share Image
“There are countless digital versions, but Futura ND comes directly from original sources, and the latest release includes alternatives previously unavailable. Caution:… — Stephen Coles Technology Copy Share Image
“blackletter has come to represent a certain reverence and antiquity. There are various forms, such as the French/Flemish Bâtarde, or the German… — Stephen Coles Old english Copy Share Image
“Ever since its release at the height of the DTP age, Adobe Caslon has been the “default” serif for many designers. In… — Stephen Coles Feels right Copy Share Image
“But the shtick that makes Amplitude unique is its prominent triangular nicks that carve out space at stroke junctions. The “ink trap”… — Stephen Coles Ink Trap Copy Share Image
“Released at the height of the “Web 2.0” era, Klavika has become a prototypical sans serif of the information age. This is… — Stephen Coles Information age Copy Share Image
“František Štorm has made a habit of infusing historical styles with his own eccentric brand of expression. His Farao is a perfect… — Stephen Coles Habits Copy Share Image
“in many ways, Eric Gill’s typeface, a follower of Edward Johnston’s type for the London Underground, is an awkward mix of Geometric… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
“From an innovative trio of Dutch, Finnish, and German designers comes a unique concept: a typeface with not one, but three italics.… — Stephen Coles Type Copy Share Image
“right.” Inspired by mid-century architectural lettering of New York City, Gotham celebrates the alphabet’s most basic form. These qualities made Gotham the… — Stephen Coles New york city Copy Share Image
