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8 Must-Read Books on the History of Design

05 February 201605 February 2016|design, Print

Design has shaped our history and our culture; take a deeper look at the past and how it is shaping our future in these eight gorgeous books. Looking to add to your professional book collection? Here’s a fantastic place to...

The Truth, The Whole Truth, in Nothing But Baskerville

01 February 201601 February 2016|design

An acclaimed writer explains why he now types all his manuscripts in the 250-year-old typeface. “In 2013, acclaimed filmmaker and author Errol Morris ran a bold experiment. With the collusion of the New York Times, he asked 45,000 readers to...

Bring on the Font Binge — Monotype Rolls Out Subscription Services

30 January 201630 January 2016|design

Licensing fonts just got easier and more affordable. Designers are going to love this. If you’re a font junkie or professional graphic designer, you’ll love this news. Monotype, a leading typeface provider, has launched two new ways for customers to...

Meet the Rising Stars of the Font World

22 January 201622 January 2016|design

Four great new display fonts, four promising new text fonts, and a designer who hopes to conquer the world of typography. The folks at MyFonts are diehard font lovers, bringing us the most popular fonts of 2015 (spoiler: Helvetica didn’t...

Designers and the Letterforms they Love

14 January 201614 January 2016|design

Type geeks, this one’s for you…15 typographers introduce us to their favorite letterforms. The love is real. “The lowercase ‘a’ is a perpetual oddball,” declares Tobias Frere Jones. “Most letters of the alphabet have deep alliances with each other, sharing...

Pantone’s Color of the Year Is…

30 December 201530 December 2015|design

Pantone’s annual color has been announced…and there’s a wrinkle this year. Pink and blue. To the uninitiated, that’s the reaction to Pantone’s annual color of the year choice. To the design set, they are better known as Rose Quartz 13-1520...

How Fonts Used to Advertise

18 December 201518 December 2015|design

A fascinating look at how typefaces were marketed before the digital age. “Before there was Typekit, before there was Fonts.com, DaFont or Google Fonts, designers had to share their typefaces the old-fashioned way—via print advertisements,” writes Callie Budrick in PrintMag....

A Year of Gorgeous Books on Design

18 December 201518 December 2015|design, Print

A look at the best design books from 2015, chosen by the team at Print magazine. What’s December for if not year-end best-of lists? This one’s perfect reading for the design fans out there…and awesome gift ideas if you’ve got...

How Pantone Became a Pop Culture Icon

13 November 201513 November 2015|design

It’s the universal lingua franca of color. Here’s how it got there. “Unless you work in design, chances are your first encounter with the mythic New Jersey-based color standards company was via a color-coded mug, iPhone case or in a...

Is Flat Design Here to Stay?

06 November 201506 November 2015|design

For designers, a flat design concept is incredibly easy to get terribly wrong. Flat design hit the scene just a couple of years ago, and was immediately taken up as the latest trend in web design and a solution to...

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