Despite drawing much of his inspiration from what he calls “old-school” Goudy-style fonts and the book arts, Matteson would go on to create some of the most lasting typefaces of the computing age.

Washingtonian: What drew you to type design?. Tré Seals: At the age of four, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and balancing between drawing and lettering became somewhat of a meditative practice ...

"I think of it like the freeware scene of the late-'90s," says Tam, who, like most open source type designers, also designs commercial fonts. "I wanted to build a structure that other people could ...

In celebration of its 25th year of typeface development, Adobe has released Source Han Sans, a new family of free, open source fonts that harmonizes East Asian and Latin font designs.More than ...