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Everyone has their own style when it comes to penmanship. In fact, one could say that your handwriting is as unique to you as is your fingerprint. However, some people have handwriting that looks so ...

Over the past few years, I kept bumping into something called Hershey fonts. After digging around, I found a 1967 government report by a fellow named Dr. Allen Vincent Hershey. Back in the 1960s, he ...

One of the greatest thrills of a font designer is to see their font being used in a prominent place: a TV show, a commercial, billboard, or—even more exciting—on the packaging of a popular product.

Recently the folks at MyFonts—one of several Websites that offer fonts from hundreds of designers and foundries around the world—announced their Top 10 Fonts of 2009, based on sales. (The site also ...

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 ...

Small tattoos are the gateway drug to the world of tattoo artistry. Whether it’s your first piece of ink or a baby step to a full sleeve, a small tattoo can be a killer way to commit to ink. Small ...

Parts of this article come from an excerpt of Just My Type by Simon Garfield. Published by arrangement with Gotham Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc ...