English typography, by contrast, was largely shaped by the printing press in the West, while Arabic letterforms evolved through lithography and scribal practices. The complexity and fluidity of Arabic ...

Tré Seals plans to ease the world out of its Helvetica obsession one font at a time. After becoming frustrated by the monotony of the graphic design industry, he started his own foundry, Vocal Type, ...

The letters you see on your screen are not as they seem. Contrast: In type design, this refers to “one of typography’s greatest paradoxes: that lines appear thicker when oriented horizontally than ...

Monotype recently introduced a new typeface called Ambiguity, created by its Type Director, Charles Nix. Its unusual proportions deliberately challenge typographical conventions, going wide where a ...

Apple’s iPhone kick-started an app economy that changed the look of user interfaces and graphic design. Might the Vision Pro and spatial computing do something similar? At least when it comes to type ...

Shaqa Bovand is a type designer who works at F37 Foundry. Born and raised in Iran, she grew up surrounded by calligraphy – from traditional wall signs to the use of calligraphy in architecture and the ...