Ooh, pretty fonts…
Tag » typography
New fonts for Windows Vista. Speaking of Microsoft and fonts, their ClearType technology is really clever (OS X’s font smoothing is basically the same thing, and of course the debate rages as to which one is better).
It seems the shapes of letters mimick the shapes of nature, which humans have evolved to recognize.
Do you know who invented the equal sign?
Great collection of license free fonts.
The Mittelschrift font was designed for German license plates specifically so as to be difficult to tamper with. A great example of how good design can solve a very specific constraint.
An article about how Arial eclipsed Helvetica.
This ad for Western Union money transfers by Saatchi & Saatchi is brilliantly simple.
