Charles Nix is senior executive creative director at Monotype. He grew up leading what he describes as a "charmed typographic existence", as his father was a printer, and began specialising in ...

Surprisingly its history leads back into the 19th century, predating many of the much more well-know sans serif fonts. So keep an eye out for it on your retro tech, and you’ll find that you’ve ...

Rounding off our list is the versatile Minion Pro, designed by Robert Slimbach in the late 20th century. This font is like the Swiss Army knife of serif fonts. Finally, discuss how serif fonts tie the ...

So let's jump in – here, in no particular order, typographers, designers and other industry experts highlight the typography trends to watch in 2025. To see how things have developed since this time ...

Some classic serif font examples include Times New Roman, Garamond, Baskerville, and Bodoni. Sans-serif fonts only emerged in the late 18th century and gained steam in the 20th century as advertising ...

Abril Fatface was inspired by the 19th Century advertising posters that ... Offering support for many languages, this sans-serif font comes with an extensive set of diacritics.

The 18th century introduced Transitional and Modern typefaces ... for their projects by understanding the visual and functional qualities of different font families. Serif typefaces are recognized by ...

“Neo-grotesque was when the artistry started,” Mr. Friedman said, referring to an era in the mid-20th century. “Designers started to choose sans serif fonts. That was the birth of Helvetica ...

Microsoft began searching for Aptos in 2021, when it commissioned five new fonts and asked ... "a contemporary sans serif typeface inspired by mid-20th-century Swiss typography" created by Steve ...