Fonts
An Inconvenient Typeface: Gore, the font warrior
While James Cameron used boring old Papyrus for his Avatar, former US VP Al Gore was so concerned with typefaces that he personally asked for the font in his latest book to be altered to fit his requirements. Typotheque has the fascinating story.
On the face of it, Avatar isn’t such a nice type
James Cameron’s blockbuster Avatar may now be Australia’s highest grossing film ever, but why was Cameron too tightarsed to create a new Avatar font? asks Luke Buckmaster.
Major typo for NBC: a font fight
NBC has been slapped with a “no less than 2 million” lawsuit from Font Bureau for allegedly misusing trademarked fonts when flogging their TV shows. The typefaces in question? Bureau Grotesque, Interstate and Antenna.
Video of the Day: Font conference: should we let Zapf Dingbats in?
With the debate raging over whether IKEA should have killed off Futura font, we thought it a fitting moment to screen College Humour’s minor classic, the font conference video.
IKEA farewells Futura
After 50 years of marrying all its marketing to its own iconic version of the Futura typeface, IKEA has suddenly switched to web-standard font Verdana. Although it will allow them greater consistency around the world, does it come at the expense of the company’s unique branding?
The turbulent history of Times New Roman
The humble and iconic Times New Roman typeface has a complex and controversial history, with debate over its origins still raging today.
Creating a font on four wheels
Graphic designers Pierre Smeets and Damien Aresta teamed up with professional race car driver Stef van Campenhoudt to create a font.
The future of web fonts
For years, the internet has been constricted to 10 standard fonts. The technology to go further exists, but can all the stakeholders unite for to break web typography free from its Georgia/Verdana prison?
Comic Sans: the most hated font on Earth
Why do we hate Comic Sans so much — and why do people continue to use it?
