Typography
Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Curve Display
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What typographers and designers want most in a font is a family that, under the right conditions, exudes a familiar yet distinctive voice. As I was scrolling around for this month’s selection, I found just that very face. It is a distinctive yet suggestive legacy with a “feeling” that is […]
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How Not to Take 10 Years to Design a Typeface
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I have often heard type designers talk about the many years they spend developing a typeface. I would listen with awe and think, “That must have been a real challenge. It must be exquisitely crafted and probably a little bit groundbreaking too.” So it feels slightly absurd to admit that […]
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Event Feature: Type Drives Commerce
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In global branding and design, typography drives consumer perception and commercial success. This idea sits at the heart of the Type Directors Club (TDC) Type Drives Commerce conference on March 13, at Fordham University, Lincoln Center in New York City. As part of the world’s leading typography organization, the conference is a curated exploration […]
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Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Cattivo
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Slab serifs, which are frequently featured in old wood type catalogs as among the most functional types, exude vintage qualities – even the new and revival faces resist being modernist. Infused with history, the slab cannot help but suggest the old West’s frontier clichés, for such ephemera as classic wanted […]
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Velocity: Fast & Beautifully Furious
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Velocity is an attention-grabbing all-caps sans serif with horizontally tight letterforms that prioritize compactness without feeling cramped. Its high degree of curvature and forward momentum make it ideal for branding and contemporary design, excelling when typeset large. With 12 stylistic sets and three sets of diacritics, Velocity easily adapts to […]
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Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Noeler
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It is a treat to find a typeface that tastes as good as it looks. The Noeler family, designed in 2025 by Michael Rafailyk, a new novelty family that looks as eatable as it is settable – and its five iterations underscore this. Noeler Pasta is much like the comfort […]
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Heart-shaped Books
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When ancient Egyptians embalmed their dead, organs were removed from the body. The brain, considered useless, was disposed of, while the stomach, liver, intestines, and lungs were preserved separately in boxes or canopic jars. However, the heart, considered the seat of intelligence, was thought to be essential in the afterlife […]
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10 Must-have Typefaces for 2026
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How quickly a year passes. Our Must-Have Fonts for 2025 list was our most popular ever, but our must-have fonts for 2026 list aims to set the bar even higher. Finding the best typefaces among thousands can be pretty daunting! So, to make things easier, we’ve curated a list of outstanding must-have […]
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Steven Heller’s Font of the Year: Fillmore
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In my past Font of the Month columns, I admitted to extreme fixation for ‘stencilism’ and avaricious hoarding of stencil type and lettering specimens. There is a je ne sais quoi about them that, perhaps, reminds me of some primal life event. I don’t judge stencils on aesthetics per se […]
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Dumb Ways to Die: Printed Ephemera
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Dumb Ways to Die began as an Australian rail safety campaign back in 2012. I heard the viral jingle recently, and it got me to thinking about a particular kind of printed ephemera. From about 1530, London began to publish Bills of Mortality. By the close of the same century, these lists […]
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