The typeface Verdana was released in 1996 as an easy-to-read font for Websites, and in the intervening years, it has been used and misused in just about every imaginable way. For example, the Swedish ...

Carter teamed up with Tom Rickner of Monotype Imaging, who provided technical support on the initial release of Georgia and Verdana in 1996 as fonts for Microsoft’s “Core fonts for the Web” pack. The ...

Research recently conducted by the Matsec Support Unit on the ease with which students sitting for examinations can read different typefaces, and whether students with dyslexia have different ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Simon Garfield explores the peculiar history of typefaces in his new book, Just My Type: A Book About Fonts, ...

Following an overwhelming response to the Magazine's recent feature on the 50th birthday of the ubiquitous Helvetica typeface, this week sees readers picking their favourite fonts. Whether its Comic ...

Despite the vast selection of digital fonts to choose from, most users resort to a handful of standard font types such as Arial or Times New Roman when designing texts. One of the reasons is that ...