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A Question of Character: Finding What You Need in Your Fonts, Part 2

Features: Written by James Felici on November 16, 2009

Everything you wanted to know about Unicode but didn’t know whom to ask. Bonus: A cheat sheet for instantly creating such characters as fractions; up and down arrows; and open and filled circles and squares.

New Type Suite Is a Study in Contrasts

News: Written on November 10, 2009

ITC Chino is a newly released suite of 12 designs that range from fanciful, script-like display fonts, to typefaces with a decidedly judicious demeanor.

Type Luminaries Speak on PRI

News: Written by Terri Stone on November 5, 2009

Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Matthew Carter, and Tracy Honn discuss typefaces past and present in a recent episode of "To the Best of Our Knowledge." Thanks to the Internet, you can listen to it right now!

New Fonts from Independent Foundries

News: Written on November 4, 2009

These two new typefaces are thoughtfully designed. Premiéra was created with small sizes in mind; Ingeborg is a Modern face that's readable at any size.

Mrs Eaves Gets a Hubby

News: Written on October 21, 2009

Type foundry Émigré has released the typefaces Mr Eaves Sans and Mr Eaves Modern.

19 Top Combos of the 19 Top Typefaces

News: Written by Terri Stone on October 20, 2009

Would you pair Helvetica with Garamond? What about Minion with Gill Sans or FF Din with Baskerville? Check out the list and let us know what you think!

New Typeface Family Well-Suited to Newspapers, Periodicals

News: Written on October 12, 2009

Monotype Library's Ysobel Pro typeface suite has the soft, inviting letter shapes of Century Schoolbook but contrasts these with more angular serifs.

P22 Gets Spooky

News: Written on October 8, 2009

This chilling new font is evocative of the type in horror films and posters.

Greek Font Inspired by Roman Column

News: Written on October 5, 2009

Monumenta Pro is a serif titling face available as Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek alphabets. It comes with interesting alternates for each language.

Antique Gothic Grotesque: Deciphering the Typeface Name Game

Features: Written by James Felici on October 5, 2009

The vocabulary of type is mysterious at best, and nowhere is this more true than in how typefaces are labeled. Yet knowing how typefaces are named and categorized has very practical benefits.

Les Kerning Disses Mrs Eaves

News: Written by Terri Stone on October 2, 2009

Extensis plays on sibling rivalry in a new series of videos promoting its Suitcase Fusion 2 font-management software. It's all fun and games until someone falls asleep.

Enjoy the Daily Drop Cap

News: Written by Terri Stone on September 29, 2009

You can use these drop caps online for free as long as you follow their Creative Commons license guidelines.

Alphabet Soup: A Tasty Font Foundry

News: Written on September 23, 2009

FontShop has added some delicious typefaces from Michael Doret's font foundry, Alphabet Soup.

Free For All: Harvest These Freebies

Features: Written by Pariah Burke on September 23, 2009

Summer has officially given way to fall, and in the northern hemisphere, that means it's harvest time. Fill your basket with this delectable sampling of free tools, fonts, and services.

New Typographical and Illustrative Treasures from House Industries

News: Written on September 18, 2009

House Industries introduces 27 hand-printed serigraphs, photo-lettering alphabet blocks, four new tees, and a new one-liner catalog.

New Typeface “More Steve McQueen than Steven Seagal”

News: Written on September 17, 2009

Tungsten is a flat-sided sans serif family that's muscular and persuasive without sacrificing wit, versatility, or style.

Play the Game "Cheese or Font"

News: Written by Terri Stone on September 14, 2009

This simple game shows you one word at a time. You must decide whether the word is the name of a cheese, or of a font. Try it and find out how well you know your typeface names!

New Dingbat Font Handles Fall Occasions

News: Written by Terri Stone on September 14, 2009

This reasonably priced dingbat font is just in time for fall events. And check out the site's other dingbat typefaces, which range from silly to sophisticated.

New Font Has Its Own Movie Trailer

News: Written on September 11, 2009

Watch the trailer for the movie Heroine -- actually a promotion for a new typeface of the same name.

Georgia & Verdana Typefaces Families Evolving

News: Written on September 9, 2009

These fonts, initially released in 1996, will gain new weights and widths, extended character sets and kerning, and OpenType typographic features.

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