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New Work FontShop Brings 620,000 Fonts to Your iPad

08.03.11posted by
Patrick Mitchell

FontShop Brings 620,000 Fonts to Your iPad

You've had their iconic yellow and black book on our shelves for years. Now it's available on your iPad. FontBook, from FontShop, contains over 620,000 typeface specimens from 110 type foundries. Use the FontBook app to look up and view... MORE
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Typography Web Fonts Take The Next Step

08.19.10posted by
Josh Klenert

Web Fonts Take The Next Step

The Roger Black empire grows by one more company: going live today is Webtype--a partnership with The Font Bureau, Ascender, Petr van Blokland, and DevBridge.This new company's goal is to provide quality typography for websites. In the past, for live, searchable,... MORE
Typography Mommy, My Font Hurts

02.17.10posted by
Andrea Dunham

Mommy, My Font Hurts

Don't strain your eyeballs while they involuntarily roll to the back of your brain, but Helvetica has insinuated itself into my Saturday morning bake-a-thon and here's the reason why. Enjoy this painfully cute little blog entry while you're salivating. I... MORE
Typography One Day Only: House Industries Pop-Up Shop at TDC

11.19.09posted by
The Editors

One Day Only: House Industries Pop-Up Shop at TDC

If you're in NYC today, you're in luck: as part of their closing-Friday exhibition at the Type Directors Club, House Industries is celebrating today with a pop-up shop (all the rage!) featuring some of their best posters, t-shirts, wood prints,... MORE
Typography Think You Know Fonts? How About Cheese?

09.24.09posted by
Jeremy LaCroix

Think You Know Fonts? How About Cheese?

Telling the difference between the two is tougher than you might think, even for a font nerdy crowd such as ours!Make sure you have five free minutes before checking out this site and testing your knowledge: Cheese or FontPhoto:Chris Rochelle;... MORE
Typography This Typeface Drives 55

07.29.09posted by
The Editors

This Typeface Drives 55

Treehugger reports on the Toyota iQ typeface, designed by 2 typographers, a race car driver, and a programmer to promote the new Toyota iQ microcar: The goal was to design a typeface by tracking the moving car using special software,... MORE
video Reel Characters

07.28.08posted by
Nathalie Kirsheh

Reel Characters

Check out this short where a group of film majors-turned-comedians give us a jesting look at what the fonts we know so well on a daily basis would be like if they were..... real people.... MORE