When variable fonts hit the design scene a few years ago there was a great deal of buzz and excitement. But there was also ...

Point size: Type and fonts are measured in archaic units called points, one point being very close to 1/72 of an inch. Text (normal reading) sizes tend to run in the range of 8 to 12 points; the ...

Adobe has announced that they will end support for creating content with Type 1 fonts by January 2023. Here's how you can prepare to make the shift to more widely supported formats.

"Type, like fashion and music, comes in and out of vogue," Simon Garfield, author of Just My Type, tells NPR's Audie Cornish. So what's in right now? "I think now script fonts are making a ...

Font designers and foundries could create TrueType typefaces with all the features of Type 1 fonts and with more modern additions, too. Ultimately the industry made nice and gathered all its ...

Edmondson says Future Fonts has attracted a community of designers as diverse as their typefaces. “The best thing about the type world is that the people in it aren’t out to make a quick buck ...

What’s your goal within the type design industry? There’s this thing called stereo-typography, and the font design is based on the stereotype of a certain culture. If you think of the lettering style ...

Discover font types with WhatTheFont. Adam Pash. November 16, 2005 Web service WhatTheFont analyzes uploaded images and returns the font style matching the font used in the image.

How to Convert Open Type to True Type Font. If you create documents or graphics for your clients in your business, you can install and use custom fonts to make your designs more interesting.