In the world of commercial offset printing that I know and love, we most often print with 4-colours: cyan, magenta, yellow and black...

For the first time in almost 170 episodes, I recorded live with guests in the same room, which was a completely new, different and...

Next on our journey hearing from those in industry who make space for others through community-building, we have the newly-launched...

The 24th Winter Olympic Games are underway! Already in these Beijing 2022 games, we’ve seen acts of courage, athleticism and the coming...

Today is a special day. It’s not every day that you have the chance to sit down and chat with one of your professional idols. “Ellen...

Technology is an incredibly powerful force that shapes virtually every aspect of our lives, from transportation, to healthcare, to...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the digital publishing revolution. From the very first entry into Project...

A few months ago I released a mini series of podcast episodes all about digital publishing. In a Charles Dickens-esque fashion we...

In this episode, Diana softly reads Chapter 2: The History of Print from the Introduction to Graphic Communication textbook by Harvey...

Name: Zapfino Arabic Release Date: 2014 Designer: Nadine Chahine Classification: Calligraphic Owned By: Linotype Claim to Fame: This...

Name: Freight Release Date: 2005 Designers: Joshua Darden and GarageFont Design Classification: Humanist Owned By: Phil’s Fonts Inc....

Name: Gotham Release Date: 2000 Designers: Tobias Frere-Jones Classification: Geometric sans serif Owned By: Hoefler&Co. Claim to Fame:...

Name: Comic Sans Release Date: 1994 Designers: Vincent Connare Classification: Sans serif script Owned By: Microsoft Corporation Claim to...

Name: Wingdings Release Date: 1990 Designers: Charles Bigelow & Kris Holmes Classification: Dingbats Owned By: Bigelow & Holmes,...

Name: Papyrus Release Date: 1982 Designer: Chris Costello Classification: Fantasy Owned By: Letraset Claim to Fame: Used and abused in...

Name: ITC Zapf Chancery Release Date: 1979 Designer: Hermann Zapf Classification: Script Owned By: Linotype Claim to Fame: The first and...

Name: Futura Release Date: 1927 Designer: Paul Renner Classification: Geometric Sans Serif Owned By: The Bauer Type Foundry Claim to...

From type tales to type fails, this is the first in a 10-part series of an incomplete history of type. By exploring the history of type...

Like Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, whose past, present and future spirits arrive on Christmas Eve to show him a...

Some typefaces are designed to be legible, others to be beautiful, others to be odd, eccentric and quirky. But some typefaces are...