NZBC linked to a recent Slate piece in which a gaggle of writers discuss their favorite fonts to work in.
I’m a heavy Times user myself, mainly because it’s the only font that doesn’t distract me while I’m working in it — to me it just looks plain and neutral without being hard to […]
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I Font You To Font Me
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 9th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Tags: Culture · Lit · Design · Typography
Happy Fontiversary Helvetica, All About Arial, and Cooper Black: Behind the Typeface
Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 13th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Via an email from my friend Jorjet, I see that Helvetica is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. Helvetica comes from Switzerland, which is fitting considering its essentially neutral personality.
We should all be so functional and wildly popular as Helvetica at our half-century mark. Of course, Helvetica has its detractors as well:
“When people choose Helvetica […]
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