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A serif is a delicate little point (aka flare or terminating flourish) at the end of a letter stroke. In the image above, ...
When it comes to web fonts, designers have many options to choose from. Google Fonts library has over 600 font families, but many of those are unversatile and unsuitable for body copy. Here are ...
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The history of the sans serif
It's Typography Week, and we're delving into the the history of sans serif, one of the most iconic typefaces in use today. Literally translating to ‘without serif’, this typeface can be mapped to ...
A typeface style without serifs, which are the short horizontal lines added at the tops and bottoms of the vertical member of the letter. Helvetica is a common sans-serif font.
When modernism became the dominant aesthetic during the mid-20th century, its sleeker-looking, sans serif fonts came to symbolize ideas of a contemporary cutting edge.
The new fonts breathe better. I'm going to geek out for a minute and tell you that Benton Sans has higher "x-heights," making a font seem bigger than the old Georgia body type and Prelo Slab ...
Since it was created in 1994, Comic Sans has divided opinion. Now it's creators have spoken out in defence of the world's most hated font.
Nearly 90 years after its initial release, Gill Sans---aka "the Helvetica of England"---has been revived and expanded for the 21st Century.
A change in Microsoft Word’s default typeface, from Calibri to Aptos, didn’t register for everyone, but fans of typography got excited.
Sans serif type does away with these marks). Gill Sans, designed by Eric Gill, a student of Johnston's, became the font of the old British Railways and, now, the BBC logo.