Sabina Chipară’s research into Didot typestyles was the inspiration for her Rosella design. Like Bodoni, Firmin Didot approached his typeface designs as more than a medium of com… Read More

Beefcakes recalls childhood memories of Jim Ford’s first “brush” with letters. “I remember going to local shops with my mom, as a kid,” he recalls. “They… Read More

“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” – William James Arthur Baker passed away late last year at the age of 86. While he is no long… Read More

When designing your layout, think and work type first using style, size, color, and weight to create unity and variety. The heading or headings, lead paragraph, and any pull quotes should fu… Read More

Hombre is a sure-fire attention-getter. Drawn by Thomas Oldfield and loosely based on popular typefaces of the 19th century, Hombre offers all the gun-slinging swagger and rugged style of Je… Read More

There are scores of “entry level” books on typography. I know, I’ve written a couple myself. Much rarer are books that explore the more complex and sophisticated realms of… Read More

The SST™ typeface family is sure to wear well. Its subtle design traits provide a quietly handsome and consistently friendly typographic presence. Drawn to be a comfortable melding of… Read More

Subscriptions are a big part of what we do here at Fonts.com, and we’ve had a quite a bit of activity on the subscription front as of late. We recently introduced some major enhancemen… Read More

I can think of few books that are a better buy than House Industries’ The Process of Inspiration. If you’re a lover of type, the book is a celebration of House Industries’… Read More

It’s hard to imagine someone referring to the ITC Conduit® design as being beautiful – or even handsome. “Quirky” doesn’t quite fit the description either;… Read More

We’re excited to announce some brand new updates to the Monotype Library Subscription we offer here on Fonts.com. While this product has always been a tremendous value for designers… Read More

Long a favorite of typographers and lovers of type, Caslon has always held a position of importance. Benjamin Franklin admired Caslon; which may account for why both the Declaration of Indep… Read More

The Masqualero™ typeface family has charisma, unrelenting sophistication, and – like the legendary Miles Davis jazz composition of the same name – more than a little attitu… Read More

Having learned about styling paragraphs for the web in the prior post, Paragraph Spacing, this follow-up will provide a little history about paragraphing, explain why paragraphs are importan… Read More

The Applied Sans™ typeface family takes the charm of early sans serif designs and restifies it for the 21st century. The first sans serifs typefaces widely used in print were Germanic… Read More

As a web designer, do you take paragraphs for granted? Putting in little to no effort designing them? Using whatever built-in paragraph format your content management system provides? Relyi… Read More

Linotype’s classic “Legibility Group” of typefaces are the earliest designs specifically created to be highly legible in a less than ideal reading environment. Designed in… Read More

Imagine a world without italic typography. How would you style magazines, books, newspapers, TV shows, and other titles? You’d have to settle for underlines or quotes. Now imagine no b… Read More

It’s as if the PMN Caecilia® family was destined for the web. Peter Matthias Noordzij combined classical ductus with a contemporary vibe to create this friendly and versatile slab… Read More

What’s the first thing your visitors read when they come to your site? It should not be a Flash animation announcing its loading time. If it is, you need to update your site—imme… Read More

All the beauty of 18th century classic typeface designs, but adapted for today’s typographic requirements—that’s the ITC Fenice® family, by Aldo Novarese. Based on the… Read More

Monotype’s new Between™ typeface may seem to have an odd name – until you learn what it is all about. There are three states to Akira Kobayashi’s newest design and, w… Read More

The Futura® typeface family was designed almost 90 years ago as fonts of hand-set metal type. It was made available for phototypesetting equipment about 50 years ago, as digital fonts ov… Read More

The Neue Kabel® typeface family, from Marc Schütz, takes the calligraphic charm of Rudolf Koch’s 1927 design and restifies it for the 21st century. Kabel was first releas… Read More

When it comes to text messages and emails, we usually interpret all capital letters, known as all caps, as YELLING. But setting your headlines, leads, and short pull quotes in all caps can p… Read More

“ITC Lubalin Graph® is a design that wears well. It doesn’t tire the eye or become dated. It is attractive, distinctive and ultimately utilitarian – a product of the co… Read More

The centerpiece of a digital ad is its call to action—whether it’s delivered through a headline or button text, a successful call to action requires text that grabs attention, is… Read More

Sometimes there are unexpected changes when type designers start modifying their work. Two years ago Arne Freytag released his slab serif Quitador™ family. It was received well by the… Read More

Today marks the beginning of Fonts.com’s three-day, 2016 Type Through the Eras event. Typefaces often reflect the musings of their designer, a sense of the era in which they are d… Read More

It’s rare that a small three-weight typeface family finds much use. Single-weight display designs can have long and full lives, and many large text and display families have become cla… Read More

Ligatures come in handy for functional uses or merely embellishment. But under what circumstances do you want To Ligature? When is it best Not to Ligature? And what’s the difference be… Read More

We’re excited to bring you a look back at the latest crop of our Fonts.com hero images. As you know, each month we commission four designers to create expressive typographic compositio… Read More

The Chaparral™ typeface is a hybrid, combining the sturdiness of geometric slab serif designs with sixteenth century Roman lettershapes and proportions. The result shares overtones wit… Read More

The Posterama™ family is out of time – and into the future. It’s a suite of 8 stylistic designs that draw themes from 20th century history, art, architecture, cinema… Read More

If you want to add style and functionality to your Web typography, look for fonts that have alternate characters. And if working economically, with just one font, the added characters you ge… Read More

It goes without saying that Adrian Frutiger was one of the most talented and influential type designers of the twentieth century. His contributions to the field of design are indelible&mdash&hell…Read More

Our friends at Happy Cog originally pitched the idea of utilizing an expressive, typography-driven hero image to act as our masthead during our 2012 site redesign. Since then, we’ve ev… Read More

The Demos® typeface family was expanded, updated and revitalized as Demos Next early last year – but the new design was still missing something. The Demos design is handsome and hi… Read More

DIN Next™ was the 6th typeface in last month’s Top 100 Web Fonts list. Dating back to the late 19th century, the original DIN typeface is first “industrial strength”… Read More

Rarely is something so important and so valuable available for free. If you’re a typophile, typographic educator or design student, Canadian designer, Carl Dair’s film on the los… Read More

Rarely is something so important and so valuable available for free. If you’re a typophile, typographic educator or design student, Canadian designer, Carl Dair’s film on the los… Read More

The Linotype Didot® typeface commands the 28th position on last month’s Top 100 Web Fonts list. This is a design that is more than a medium of graphic communication – it&rsqu&hell…Read More

The name says it all. The Classic Grotesque™ typeface family has the timeless attributes of early grotesque typefaces of the 20th century melded with design traits and character propor… Read More

Jim Ford’s Richie™ typeface pays homage to the calligraphy and typeface designs of Oldřich Menhart (1897-1962). Inspired by Ford’s musing about what a display script b… Read More

When it comes to visual enhancements, swash characters can add a little something extra to your site—emphasis on little, because a little goes a long way. Primarily found in typefaces… Read More

The Brandon Grotesque™ family sits at number 8 on last month’s Top 100 Web Fonts list. A sans serif type family of six weights, each with complementary italics, Hannes von D&ouml&hell…Read More

There are typeface families and super families – and then there are typeface dynasties. Terrance Weinzierl is building the latter with his Kairos™ design. His robust slab serif K… Read More

Time, closet space and fonts. There are some things in life you can never have enough of. Fonts.com can help you out on two counts, thanks to the new Monotype Library Subscription. This serv… Read More

Time, closet space and fonts. There are some things in life you can never have enough of. Fonts.com can help you out on two counts, thanks to the new Monotype Library Subscription. This serv… Read More

Some typophiles trace the heritage of the ITC Avant Garde Gothic® family to the geometric sans serif typefaces produced by Bauhaus designers in the mid-1920s. Actually, the design has it… Read More

In Part I and Part II of this Initial Letters series, we looked at raised initials that sit on the baseline and dropped initials (also called drop caps) that sit below the baseline. In this… Read More

In Part I and Part II of this Initial Letters series, we looked at raised initials that sit on the baseline and dropped initials (also called drop caps) that sit below the baseline. In this… Read More

The University Roman™ typeface design began life as a lettering sample in a Speedball Lettering™ book of the late 1930s. Called “Stunt Roman” in the Speedball book, t… Read More

Both raised initials and dropped initials can add gusto to a website, giving readers a monumental letter to kick start the reading experience. Having learned about raised initials and stylin… Read More

When Adrian Frutiger designed the Avenir® typeface, his goal was not to just to add another minimalist sans serif to the pantheon of geometric designs. “As a starting point, I set… Read More

Whether a cabinetmaker, chef, or photographer, artisans choose their tools carefully. Good tools make the job go easier and can improve the quality of the finished product. So it is with gra… Read More

You’ve waited over a year. The time is now. Sound the horns and raise the banners! #FONTACULAR. IS. BACK. Hold onto your hat, dearest reader, for you’re in store for five gloriou… Read More

Whether you call them slab serif, square serif, or Egyptian, you know them when you see them — sturdy, nearly monoweight designs with blunt, straight-edged serifs and a no-nonsense att… Read More

Initial letters, such as raised initials and dropped initials, aren’t just for styling typography in print. Initial letters on the Web can help break up the monotony of a one-size-fits… Read More

Web fonts often have to work in tight quarters. Laptop and smart phone screens can pose a challenge when you have more than a couple of words to say, and not much screen real estate to say i… Read More

We had the great pleasure of attending The Nerdery’s Overnight Website Challenge under the team name “Discretionary Hyphens”. The Overnight Website Challenge is a 24 hour h… Read More

In recent months, we’ve been excited to see more digital ads using Web fonts than ever before. To ease implementation of Web fonts from our own service into digital ads and express our… Read More

Sure, your website’s footer is the last thing people will probably see on your site, but that doesn’t mean you should skimp on the typographic details. In fact, if you consider t… Read More

Script typefaces enhance the written word. They are emotional, lyrical, even passionate communicators. Scripts have a soul, and a heart. Words set in script are perfect examples of something… Read More

Like music, typefaces show the influence of a time in history, genera or current vogue. Again like music, some are fleeting, such as grunge fonts and disco music; while others, like rap and… Read More

We’re excited to kick off our second annual Type Through the Eras promotion here on Fonts.com! For the next three days we’ll be bringing you tremendous deals on type designs that… Read More

Although firmly entrenched in typographic tradition, Terrance Weinzierl’s Kairos™ typeface is something truly new. “Grecians” were a popular typestyle of the 19th cen… Read More

When you’re seeking typographic inspiration for a project, where’s the first place you look? While some of you may immediately head over to Fonts.com (and we love you for that)… Read More

It began with what seemed like a simple request: Can you make a sans serif version of ITC Charter? The request was to Matthew Carter, the designer of serif design. Carter’s reply was… Read More

The Futura® typeface family consistently ranks high on the Top 100 Web Fonts list. Last month it was 8th. But what if you want a geometric sans, but that is little bit different –… Read More

When designing website menus, it’s important to consider quantity and location. How many navigation points should you show the reader? How few? Where will the menu be located, and does… Read More

It wasn’t that long ago that new typefaces were only released with a couple of weights – and maybe an italic design or two. Those who designed typefaces and made fonts did not ha… Read More

The 34th font on our roundup of June’s Top 100 Fonts.com Web Fonts list is almost 550 years old! OK, that’s not exactly true; but the ITC Legacy® Serif typeface family is bas… Read More

As you might imagine, the Fonts.com team uses quite a few fonts. While we’re probably a little biased, our favorite app for wrangling the mass quantities of type is Monotype’s ow… Read More

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, reading nothing but old and mildewed newspapers and books, you know that typography has been undergoing radical changes. As the Web has evolved, so… Read More

While efficient typographic communication was basic to its design brief, the Daytona™ typeface family was also drawn to be a friendly and approachable design. Its rounded corners, open… Read More

Below you’ll find a list of the top 100 most used fonts from the Fonts.com Web Fonts service during May 2015. If you’re looking for an exceptionally versatile slab serif fam… Read More

We’re really excited to announce an update to our Dynamic Subsetting technology that helps power the Fonts.com Web Fonts service. In a nutshell, instead of serving entire fonts to… Read More

It goes without saying that responsive design has changed the way we develop sites. So it shouldn’t be surprising that responsive techniques are making their way to the world of advert… Read More

Below you’ll find a list of the top 100 most used fonts from the Fonts.com Web Fonts service during April 2015. The top two-dozen or so Web fonts tend to be the classics of graphic com… Read More

Print designers who were accustomed to setting type at small sizes—or who still set type at small sizes—should know that when it comes to type on digital displays, bigger is bett… Read More

Print designers who were accustomed to setting type at small sizes—or who still set type at small sizes—should know that when it comes to type on digital displays, bigger is bett… Read More

Below you’ll find a list of the top 100 most used fonts from the Fonts.com Web Fonts service during March. We’ll first take a closer look at a perennial favorite though: Tra… Read More

Over the past few years, the axiom “mobile first” has motivated designers to get online and reach their audiences by first considering how the site and experience will take shape… Read More

As a designer, you know the hassle of trying to work with a file that’s suffering from missing fonts—all the finesse of your project’s typography goes right out the window… Read More

Below you’ll find a list of the top 100 most used fonts from the Fonts.com Web Fonts service during February. While the usual suspects, like the Trade Gothic®, Avenir® and… Read More

Naming a typeface can be one of the more difficult tasks for a typeface designer – although not for Brigitte Schuster. “I wanted a name that fits the typeface‘s character … Read More

To all our loyal type shoppers, we’ve got some good news: you can now use SkyFonts to easily install the desktop font purchases you make while shopping on Fonts.com! When you make purc… Read More

Although a seasoned master of the craft for over three decades, Jovica Veljović didn’t intend to be a type designer. Calligraphy and handlettering were his passion as a young man… Read More

Want to see which typefaces are in demand on the Web? Here’s an ordered listing of the top 100 most used fonts from the Fonts.com Web Fonts service during January 2015. Be sure to… Read More

You may remember my last blog post where I discussed improvements in speed that we had made to our patented Web Fonts Dynamic Subsetting Solution. Now I have another breakthrough to talk abo… Read More

Want to see which typefaces are in demand on the Web? Here’s an ordered listing of the top 100 most used fonts from the Fonts.com Web Fonts service during December 2014. Be sure t… Read More

The Demos® typeface family was one of the first designs created expressly for digital typesetting. That makes it about 40 years old – and in need of a makeover. The Demos Next fami… Read More

As many of you already know, we are living in a multi-device world where content is always around us. It’s in our hands, on our desks, providing information and entertainment—and… Read More

Nearly two years ago, we introduced our Typecast app as a companion to our premium Fonts.com Web Fonts plans. Since then, thousands of users have used Typecast to design with type in the bro… Read More

The new DIN Next™ Slab suite of typefaces has been one of the most popular new additions to the Linotype Library. While we believe in every new addition to one of our libraries, we als… Read More

Want to see which typefaces are in demand on the Web? Here’s an ordered listing of the top 100 most used fonts from the Fonts.com Web Fonts service during November 2014. Be sure t… Read More

Families tend to grow. As they do, they become more diverse, adaptable and sometimes prevailing. So it is with typeface families. The DIN typeface family started in the early part of the 20t… Read More

Want to see which typefaces are in demand on the Web? Here’s an ordered listing of the top 100 most used fonts from the Fonts.com Web Fonts service during October 2014. Be su… Read More

Ah, alas. Our extraordinary #FONTACULAR event is quickly coming to a close. You need to act fast if you want to take advantage of our amazing deals. They end tonight—October 24th… Read More