We all know words have power – but the fonts those words are written in can have just as much. Font psychology is the study ...

"Every single letter for the five non-printed fonts, every single letter had all of its strokes hand-masked, so that when you see them drawn out in-game, they come in in the correct order. Which ...

Times New Roman: Classic For a Reason . Times New Roman is, in some ways, a relic of the past. If you're old enough, you may remember a time when it was considered the default font for Microsoft Word.

The world's handwriting in ONE font: Typeface reveals how average hand-writing varies from country to country. Pen maker Bic has analysed 868,496 characters from 112 countries ...

But fonts and art for letters and numbers aren’t normally a single line. Thankfully there is a solution in the form of Hershey text, an extension for which is included in Inkscape .

Calibri has been Word’s default font since 2007, when it replaced Times New Roman. Now it’s being kicked to the kerb for one of five new custom fonts that Microsoft has commissioned.

For a word-freak like me, this certainly sounds like a MUST-SEE documentary, one I might even buy on DVD later. It got me thinking about good old Helvetica, and how it's always been one of my favs.

When you send a Word document to someone else, you expect it to look the way you intended. But your intended fonts don't always show up on your recipient's screen.