January is brought to you by the letter J

January is brought to you by the letter J ... We started our monthly letter series…

Modern Day: Synthesis, Sans, Serif and Grunge Type

 The conclusion to our History of Typography covers the latest ‘synthesis’ fonts, as well as some…

History of Type : Decorative & Display Type styles

 In this part six of the series, we look at one of the most beloved classifications…

Transitional & Modern Type Families

 Now we continue with the Transitional genre of typography, so-called because of its intermediate position between…

Sans Serif: Gothic and Grotesque

Why do they call Sans Serif fonts ‘Grotesque’ or ‘Gothic’ ? Find out and meet some…

Slab Serif: Egyptian Type Styles

 Continuing the history of typography we now discover many sans serif type faces and how they…

Gallery of Typography: 300 Years of Type Faces, Fonts, and the people behind them

I have completely updated and refined our legendary typography series, originally authored by Thomas Phinney. This…

Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month we take this fun and educational field trip to visit…

Just when you needed it, here comes a cool new whiteboard animation app called Squig

Squigl is a revolutionary professional whiteboard animation software that requires no technical or creative experience, turning…

A Brief History of Typography

This wonderful account, authored in 2005 by Thomas W. Phinney now comes to DTG readers with…