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Tag results: Typography

Hooked On Clarendon

I saw a font recently, and it inspired me to kick off work on a full redesign. The funny part: It’s the most common font, ever.

From Segments To Pixels

Handheld calculators saw a massive amount of innovation in the 1970s—thanks in no small part to LCD screens and a primitive form of typography.

Tales Of Type

A discussion of the ways that large tech companies helped to define the evolution of computer typography. One battle made the CEO of Adobe really mad.

Doing Things The Wrong Way

Pondering the way that the creative process is often directed by rules which, in many cases, stifle creativity. Sometimes, you just have to throw the rules out.

A Nod To Readability

As it turns out, not everyone is a fan of slab-serif body copy. We're making some quick typography changes in an effort to not scare folks off.

Seek And Spell

Teaching computers to read was one of the 20th century's great challenges. At first, the secret to optical character recognition was purpose-built type.

a lowercase controversy

how Quinnipiac university, a school known for its polling, got embroiled in a debate over a single letter’s case.
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