When choosing a typeface to use for a project, there is no replacement for a printed type specimen. Fonts just look different when you see them in print, compared to how they look on screen. So, when ...

In The Visual History of Type, more than 320 typefaces are displayed in the form of their original type specimens or earliest printing. Each entry is supported by a brief history and description of ...

Did you know TNW’s Couch Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring new design trends this year? Check out the full ‘Sprint’ program here. It’s easy to take books and other printed material ...

Fast Company: Before I even got hooked on the subject matter of Historia, I realized that I loved that this catalog itself was useful. Why don’t more type companies do this? Rudy VanderLans: I can’t ...

It feels inevitable that at some point, Ian Ritchie would design his own typeface. Long before co-founding branding powerhouse JKR and spending 29 years at its creative helm, he had already developed ...

Displayed in the National Museum of Natural History’s Deep Time Fossil Hall, the Allosaurus Fossil Is Now the Name-Bearing Specimen for the Entire Species Note to editors: Photos of the type specimen ...