Category: Typography

Anti-aliasing is an often-used term when talking about text on a screen. The technique uses shades of gray to create the illusion of a curved edge. It is...

Many learned to make two spaces behind a sentence in school, but you are not using a typewriter anymore, so just insert one space. Why space-space is a no-no?...

There are some typographical rules when it comes to dashes, following or violating them can be easily spotted and is often used as first indicator for...

Steven Heller writes in the The Atlantic about type foundries and their desire to come up with new fonts. It is a fun piece to read with the memorable quote:...

Many of you might know some things about typography. For instance, most people adhere to rules, like “Always use sans serif fonts for digital displays!” or...

The Atlantic features an instructional video “The History of Typography, in Stop-Motion Animation–The evolution of fonts through the ages” in this...

One of the most common type crimes is to use so called pseudo italics. To the defense of all who regularly use slanting instead of italic fonts, Microsoft with...

I am often ask what “points” stand for and how actual font sizes relate to printed size on posters and on the Web. Here is the short explanation for font...

“Complementary” in regards to fonts often refers to a combination of serif font and a sans serif font. But, the creative combination of both is often the...