This year marks the 10th anniversary of Akira Kobayashi’s tenure as type director at Linotype. Born in Tokyo in 1960, he studied graphic design at Musashino Art University. Kobayashi began his career ...

Whenever you design, you can combine graphics, font, color, and other elements. The font combinations you use will impact your design. No matter how well you use the other elements, if your font ...

Typography is no longer just about making words readable – it’s about shaping emotions, brand identity, and even spatial ...

When Thomas Rickner decided he wanted to be a type designer after a lecture on the history of Baskerville at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the mid-1980s, his typography professor had some ...

From activism-led type foundries and fonts to make furniture with, to lettering inspired by bones and typography that nods to cult Italian horror movies, we round up a few of this year’s best type ...

Typography isn’t just about pretty fonts—it’s the backbone of effective visual communication. From branding to interiors, fashion to digital apps, thoughtful type choices influence how people feel, ...

With the rebirth of flat design and the popularity of minimalism, typography is taking a more central role in Web design. These styles are not mutually exclusive, and in fact are usually combined (as ...

Jeremy Spinks is a fan of Helvetica — both the documentary and the font — and isn’t afraid to wield it confidently in spite of its “clichéd” reputation in popular culture. Coincidentally, he’s also ...

It can be hard to convince the non-car enthusiasts in your life to spend a few weekend hours at a car show, especially if it's one that starts before 9 a.m. (even I have trouble with that). As ...

Parts of this article come from an excerpt of Just My Type by Simon Garfield. Published by arrangement with Gotham Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc ...