Learning Curve 2.0, from designer Jess Latham of Blue Vinyl Fonts, actually includes two similar fonts—one solid, one dashed—in both TrueType and OpenType formats. Both demonstrate the beautiful ...

It’s a familiar problem for any designer: You’re walking down the street when you spot a glorious typeface in the wild–something that would be perfect for the project you’ve been working on. But you ...

Inspired by comic strips and hated by font designers, new research suggests Comic Sans may help people remember what they read. Comic Sans was released by Microsoft in 1994, as a font that looked ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Charles Nix As a ...

Contrary to what we might think, it isn't any easier (or harder) to remember a new fact if it's in BIG BOLD LETTERS. Font styles that are both hard to read and unfamiliar, however, do aid learning and ...

There are countless fonts, but it is hard to judge fonts by appearance alone. Smartphone application "WhatTheFont"When you capture letters or import images with written letters, you can tell us the ...

While it may not be obvious to most, text styles likely impact important cognitive processes and might make or break information retention. Whenever you read a given text, your brain processes the ...

As any typography nerd will tell you, pairing fonts on a design project isn’t as simple as you might think. Depending on your objective (to create balance or to tension, or to showcase a particular ...

Fonts that are difficult to read actually aid in better learning, according to researchers at Princeton University. They employed volunteers to learn made-up information about different types of ...

Companies are increasing their spend on security to help them spot attacks on their IT infrastructures and websites. The SANS Institute estimates that IT budgets are shifting towards security, with ...