A quiet side business among typography experts is every kerning nerd's dream job—and a surprisingly high-stakes game.

The pioneering designer created dozens of fonts, only a few of which are still around today. By Cara Giaimo.

“When branching out into a new artistic direction, simplicity is the word du jour. Michelangelo didn’t paint the Sistine Chapel the first day he picked up a paintbrush, much like you shouldn’t start with a very complex word for your first ambigram.“

You need to find a specific Unicode character? With Shapecatcher.com you can search through a database of characters by simply drawing your character into a box. It can find the most similar character shapes for your drawing.

When a font, as the size largens, becomes more smooth and less jagged looking. Usually occurs around size 14px, where you can really distinguish the smoothness of the letter.

The story of the first roman fonts, from Sweynheym & Pannartz to Aldus Manutius. By John Boardley.

After a dispute between its creators, the Doves Type was left to lie in the Thames. A century later, it has finally resurfaced. This is the story of its rescue.

Steven Heller chats with Keelin Burrows, curator of The Printing Museum in Houston, and looks closer at the museum's offerings.

Newspapers are increasingly seen as outdated. But this MacArthur Fellow decided to rejuvenate her local paper by making it the canvas for her new visual art project.

(Design in the Wild I) Forgery-Proof FE-Schrift

The ultimate collection of the top 100 free typefaces for 2015

Font styles are one of the important factors that grab the attention of the audience in every typography design.

Typeface geeks, avert your eyes. Someone came up with the idea to ruin the old-school charms of a typewriter by adding cringeworthy Comic Sans.