Typo Disasters: When Bad Fonts Cost Fortunes
Can a font choice really cost a company millions? From a single misplaced letter that nearly bankrupted a business to a logo redesign that sparked global outrage, typography is a…
Unlocking the Universe of Languages
Can a font choice really cost a company millions? From a single misplaced letter that nearly bankrupted a business to a logo redesign that sparked global outrage, typography is a…
What do you get when you combine a question mark and an exclamation point? In the 1960s, frustrated ad man Martin K. Speckter answered that question by inventing the interrobang…
Imagine a secret message hidden not in the words you read, but in the very shape of the letters themselves. This is the genius of Bacon's Cipher, a 17th-century method…
Ever wonder why some fonts feel formal and others friendly? The answer lies in a hidden visual grammar, where tiny details like serifs—the small "feet" on letters—profoundly impact our reading…
Our story begins in a time much different from our own; a period when English writing was a privilege of the educated and the clergy,...