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Antiquarian Is a Fresh Typeface From Dead Times

Your handwriting is atrophied. Get a new one, and make it old-fashioned.READ»

Infographic of the Day: How to Pick the Perfect Typeface

A exhaustive flow chart that also tells the history of modern type design.READ»

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One of the World's Best Magazine Designers Reminisces

Edward Leida, W's design director for 20 years, recounts how he came up with some of his best work.READ»

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Your Personality, Summarized in a Typeface

Design firm Pentagram provides a quick, fun bit of psychoanalysis for type geeks.READ»

Sleight-of-Hand for Font Freaks: Pick a Typeface, Any Typeface

A deck of cards becomes a giant typographic brain teaser.READ»

Six Fonts That Piss People Off

A furor erupts when Ikea changes its official typeface. Here are five other controversial fonts, involving Nazis, incest, and comic books.READ»

Typography's Role in the Newspaper Recession

To cope with rising costs, The New York Times Magazine cuts pages, but packs in just as much content with a new typeface.READ»