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Open the Character (fonts) window, click the small arrow beside the font field, scroll through the list of typefaces, and choose a few fonts with decorative swashes (such as Albemarle End Swash ...
But font can have real-world implications that affect our lives in tangible ways. Take this somewhat famous quasi-experiment by university student Phil Renaud back in 2006 (preserved for posterity ...
Especially when Apple has already designed fonts in-house, it seems like it would be kind of a priority to have a distinctive typeface, designed for screens, that its biggest competitor can’t use.
That’s not to say type designers don’t model new fonts after old designs. These are what are called “revivals.” Frank Martinez, a New York intellectual property lawyer specializing in type ...
Sometimes, character flaws can make a person—or a thing—all the more memorable. Such may be the case with Sans Forgetica, a new gap-ridden typeface released (for free) last week by researchers ...
Apple's bespoke typeface, San Francisco, will replace Helvetica Neue as the default on both OS X El Capitan and iOS 9.