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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's Typography Week, and we're delving into the the history of sans serif, one of the most iconic typefaces in use today.

A typeface choice could influence your perception of people running for school board seats, the lawyer opening a new law office, or the coffee shop you never noticed before. Any graphic designer worth ...

April 9, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Whether you realize it or not, you're designing every day. It might be a simple document, an updated resume, or a ...

Any graphic designer worth their salt can tell you the best typeface for a new law practice in town is going to be drastically different than the typeface used for the local tattoo parlor. You ...

Even if you’re a designer, you may not be able to identify all the typefaces you see in the world by sight, aside from a few of the most common, like Helvetica or Futura (or, sadly, Comic Sans).

Font families can sell for hundreds of dollars. Gotham, a popular typeface used by President Barack Obama’s campaign and many others, costs nearly $1,000 to license a complete set of 66 different ...

Sometimes no matter how beautiful a typeface is, it can still be quite difficult to imagine just how you’d end up using it on actual projects. Especially for the less typographically-inclined, even ...

The following typefaces have been selected to provide sufficient flexibility for a range of communications while maintaining a coherent and consistent Brandeis look. Recommended substitute fonts are ...