The Difference Between Serif And Sans-Serif Explained In One Infographic
The folks over at UrbanFonts.com have put together their design thoughts on the best uses for these different typefaces.
The folks over at UrbanFonts.com have put together their design thoughts on the best uses for these different typefaces.
Plus Aaron Paul and the word “bitch,” what it’s like to be chased by killer whales, and film-set photos by the Big Lebowski himself.
Designer Matthew Olin put together this project that both comic book and design nerds will love. (via reddit.com)
These gaffes and cliches will make your designer friends flip every table in sight.
Type designer Matthew Butterick was put off by the use of Microsoft’s Verdana font in “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol.” So he did what any movie fanatic would do: Wrote the director to explain why the use of IKEA’s favorite font was an utter failure.
In a world where Comic Sans is too ugly and Helvetica is too pretentious, there is a font that will save us all. And that font is shaped like a llama. Send your next birthday invite with this lovely typeface. View List ›
What could be better than peanut butter & jelly? Peanut butter & jelly making out inside an ampersand! View List ›
The last in Lishoff’s series of Font Wars. Good. Now I can stop making awful puns like “The Fontom Menace.” View Image ›
This made me smile. For all you font snobs out there it should do the same. For those of you using Comic Sans—stop. View Image ›
“Comic Sans are more than a font, they’re a lifestyle.” Or so says the Australian band by the same name, in a video where they raise the question: what happens when your SEO is better than your EP? This. Watch Video ›
After 50 years of the iconic Futura typeface, IKEA has made a switch to Verdana. The 2010 IKEA catalog, now arriving at doorsteps around the world, reveals the company’s choice to change all typography to the Microsoft font that every web designer has grown to hate.
