Steve Matteson has designed some of the most ubiquitous typefaces in the world, and engineered the original core fonts for Microsoft, adapting Times New Roman, Arial, and Courier, which you’ve ...

Of all the places you’d expect to find a bespoke typeface, the website of an elementary school probably isn’t one of them. And yet, if you go to Castledown Primary School's home page you’ll see a ...

In the early 1980s, my job in the graphics department at a newspaper meant spending a large part of my day typing words and control codes into a computer terminal to set type I’d use for headlines on ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Bruno Maag sits on the ninth floor of an office block above a Nando’s by the shuttered Brixton Academy. Beside him is ...

As competitors, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe are normally hard-pressed to agree with each other, and it’s especially rare when design is involved. But two weeks ago, these four frenemies signed ...

Licensing a font for a brand is like hiring a car: you’re paying for the privilege of using it for a period of time, and it can look and feel great – but it’s never truly yours. Similarly there’s no ...

Your support goes further this holiday season. When you buy an annual membership or give a one-time contribution, we’ll give a membership to someone who can’t afford access. It’s a simple way for you ...

Creative agency Anti has produced a custom font called Optician Sans by adding to the ten letters used in historic optotype eye test charts. Unlike the Sloan typeface commonly used to test patients' ...

Volvo’s latest automotive safety feature uses a specially designed infotainment screen font to improve legibility and reduce ...